People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

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

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.

Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

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

And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its own, to make independent decisions and to question the omnipotence or the wisdom of the parent.