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

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.

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

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

Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway.

The difference between talking on your cell phone while driving and speaking with a passenger is huge. The person on the other end of the cell phone is chattering away, oblivious.