How to fail: Try too hard.
Since we had nothing to do with our arrival and usually are not consulted about our departure, what makes so many of us think we're entitled to so much while we're here?
We'd all like to be taken for what we'd like to be.
I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died.
The ultimate high: A man's abilities equaling his opinion of'em.
One who never asks either knows everything or nothing.