Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making.

Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you;
Be true to your word and your work and your friend;
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise y...

I have a question for you. "If your shadow is the second most beautiful thing in the world, which is the first?".

Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.

Praise is just like an addiction. The more you get it, the more of it you need just to stay even.