Believe in miracles but don't depend on them. When you hear kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so. Spoil your spouse, not your children. Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon

Ask an older person you respect to tell you his or her greatest regret.

Watch for big problems. They disguise big opportunities.

When you hear a kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so.

Remember that just the moment you say, "I give up," someone else seeing the same situation is saying, "My, what a great opportunity."

If you were to sell your character, would you get full retail or would it go for a bargain-basement price?