If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

In a letter to "Dear Abby" a reader complained that a gay couple was
moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to
improve the quality of the neighborhood.
Her suggestion - 'You could move.'

It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.