Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence.
The first goal of writing is to have one's words read successfully.
As a gardener, I wonder if flowers really can't speak or just exercise unfailing good judgment in the matter.
Most people would rather defend to the death your right to say it than listen to it.
Every great painting is left incomplete at the point where its completion is obvious.
I tell my child, if I seem obsessed to always know where you've been, it is because my DNA will be found at the scene.