Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.

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

Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.

Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.

The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.