I let my boy go and do and say pretty much as he likes, as, and perhaps because, my father kept no string on me.
The politer the society, the greater the lies it requires.
You can't control a young horse unless you control yourself.
The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.
My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion.
It is our knowledge - the things we are sure of - that makes the world go wrong and keeps us from seeing and learning.