We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
I never know how much of what I say is true.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!
Beware the pull on your heartstrings -- it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.
Maybe the most any of us can expect of ourselves isn't perfection but progress.