Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.

It is a lot easier to prove that you don't love someone than it is to prove that you do, but one of the best 'proofs' I know is the desire to devote time to the person with no expectation of any sort of compensation, including gratitude, in return.

One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron.

A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.

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

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.

I love having ten times as much stuff to do as I can possibly find time to do. That way, I can pick the one-tenth that I want to do most. But if I only have enough to just occupy all my time, I'm stuck doing all of whatever stuff it happens to be.