What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

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

If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.

Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before.

The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it's also the first to be replaced.

Geometry is beautifully logical, and it teaches you how to think and prove that things are so, step by step by step. Proofs are excellent lessons in reasoning. Without logic and reasoning, you are dependent on jumping to conclusions or - worse - having empty opinions.

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