In our position, we could have a big house with maids and chauffeurs - but what's the point of having kids if you have all that?

If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian.

My mother was killed in a plane crash, so I hate travelling in planes. Death is so unexpected. I would actually rather stay at home and not go anywhere.

I would travel only by horse, if I had the choice.

Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.

My friends are my 'estate.' Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.

Americans once expected parents to raise their children in accordance with the dominant cultural messages. Today they are expected to raise their children in o…