Nobody can misunderstand a child as much as his own parents.

Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.

When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."

American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a result, millions of youngsters are being prepared for careers they have little aptitude for - and little interest in except for dubious prestige.