You can never really live anyone else's life not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life and what you've become yourself.
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs....
The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money do...
He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice.