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

A friend is someone who stays by your side all through the troubles he's caused you.

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.

No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time.

Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.

Know how weather, especially humidity, can affect the movement of doors and windows.

The difference between America and England is that the English think 100 miles is a long distance and the Americans think 100 years is a long time. The difference between an autobiography and an unauthorized biography is like the difference between an account of your life written by your mother and one written by your mother-in-law.