Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

Anyone who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has not been stabbed with both.

Back in the late '90s, a writer named Daniel Handler decided that kids books were too cheerful. I mean, all the "Harry Potter" series did was occasionally kill off major characters. Thus was born "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" and its mysterious author, Lemony Snicket. "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" is now a great new series on Netflix.

Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily.

It is easy to decide on what is wrong to wear to a party, such as deep-sea diving equipment or a pair of large pillows, but deciding what is right is much trickier.

There is no easy way to train an apprentice. My two tools are example and nagging.

It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting.