Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
It is nobler to love the person next to you than to love mankind in general.
Lectures often confuse our kids, but the example we set is crystal clear.
Dont count the things you do, do the things that count.
Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.
You will make a lousy anybody else, but you will be the best "you" in existence.