A child can educate just about anybody.

You don't have to justify a beautiful stroke of good luck. Accept it. Smile and say thank you.

Give guilt - the gift that lasts forever.

The French have a new president, the British will soon have a new P.M., and we envy them as we endure the endless wait for this small dim man to go back to Texas and resume his life.

Cleverness is a burden after that. You are supposed to settle down and be a good person, raise your children, and be good to your friends, which you may not have been back when you were clever.

A man can't eat anger for breakfast and sleep with it at night and not suffer damage to his soul.

Humor is not a trick, not jokes. Humor is a presence in the world - like grace - and shines on everybody.