The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.

More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.

Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light - and the next tunnel.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Making out an invitation list for a party brings out the worst in everyone. It is then that our most ruthless estimates of the people we know come into play.