Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
Sometimes love will pick you up by the short hairs...and jerk the heck out of you.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
Well done is better than well said.