When you're in a good mood, bring up the past. When you're in a bad mood, stick to the present. And when you're not feeling emotional at all, it's time to talk about the future.

Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.

Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.

Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It's difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens.

I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't.

Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news

The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it's also the first to be replaced.