I do not remember joy or sorrow in childhood, but listening for clues.
If "there is no harm in asking," why guilt and fear when we do so?
The more powerless people are, the longer they are kept waiting.
Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious.
Don't milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.
Reason argues the case, but fact may determine the judgment.