Here are some thoughts, some light, some not so light. Please feel free to add your own.

• Politeness and manners should never be mistaken for weakness
• Why be difficult, when with a little more effort, you can be impossible
• Loud and abrasive behaviour is not a sign of strength
• A doctor with an iota of compassion is a rare find and worth his weight in gold
• Greed is an offspring of one’s upbringing
• The family is one’s only last bastion
• Repay malice with kindness, it confuses everyone
• A mother-in-law is also a relative
• Information is power
• A friend is someone who accepts you on an as-is-where-is basis and doesn’t try to change you
• Work is a four-letter word and should be removed from a child’s vocabulary
• Bravery is not the absence of fear – that is stupidity
• Education increases one’s capacity to look beyond oneself
• Christmas while being the season of joy contains within it the seeds of Good Friday
• The million dollar question should be ‘is there life after birth?’
• A chameleon doesn’t change its colour, it only does so to blend in with its surroundings
• The only thing regal about a lion is his inertia