There's one post-Christmas chore I love-writing thank-you letters.... Lots of companies for many reasonable reasons, I guess, have a policy against sending even Christmas cards, never mind things, at Christmastime. But our clan gets a big kick out of opening the Warner-Lambert box containing an assortment of their wares; we argue over which of the boys is to get the Union Oil Co. necktie [and] all the holiday long we play the marvelous Christmas music sent by Goodyear.... None of these things means that Forbes or Forbeses have been had. But all of us like being thought of.

Making mistakes is human ... repeating 'em is too.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Once you've given advice to someone, you're obligated.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

If you say what you think don't expect to hear only what you like.

Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.