Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.

At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.

I've never found an interesting person with a foul mouth.

While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.

Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.

[Adulthood:] It's when you stop doing the stuff you have to make excuses for and when you stop making excuses for the stuff you have to do.

Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.