Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best.

Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

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

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

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

Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.