You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting.

Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.

A little more money won't do you any good - because daughters can use up ten percent more than a man can make in any normal occupation, regardless of the amount.

Jill: 'I don't pay attention to politics.' Ben: 'You should. It's barely less important than your own heart beat.' Jill: 'I don't pay attention to that, either.'

Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.

Limiting the freedom of news 'just a little bit' is in the same category with the classic example 'a little bit pregnant.

Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.