A book collection is a cross between a Rorschach test and This Is Y our Life. It marks your life clearly like rings on a tree.

House guests (I don't care who they are, how much I like them, or how long it's been since I last saw them) are pests, much like roaches and mice. But there are differences. You can trap roaches and mice. And they don't want you to drive them to Disneyland.

It seems to be a rule of life that the less qualified you are to give counsel, the more counsel you give.

With a car there is always a problem.

Remarriage is an excellent test of just how amicable your divorce was.

We are living in the era of the busybody. In ancient Greece, if a person wanted guidance, it involved a long, arduous expensive journey to consult the oracle at Delphi. Today, if you want guidance, all you have to do is unplug your ears.

... blueprints are like pets and children -- difficult to appreciate or understand unless they're yours.