The Sleeping Fox Catches No Poultry

We didn't write that headline. Ben Franklin did. Get out of that bed and get cracking, he was saying. Set your alarm for six, not seven.

If you think you do well after a two-martini lunch, see what you do after a two-orange juice breakfast.

Ben Franklin didn't spend a lot of time snoozing. Starting at age 13, with no formal education, he accomplished more than almost any other American since.

"Plow deep while sluggards sleep," he also said. So hop out of that sack. Get up and go. The fox is wide awake. He'll grab all the chickens if you snooze.

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Snob Appeal

Some people know so much about one thing they look down on those who aren't so knowledgeable. They are snobs. There are wine snobs, art snobs, literary, fashion, food, even money snobs.

"I can change the world," the politician boasts. "But he can't even change a tire," the garage mechanic sneers. Both are snobs because they look down on those who don't share their interests.

If you're sure you know more about haute cuisine than your dinner partner, remember she may know more about 19th century architecture.

Don't let your knowledge turn you into a snob. Find out what the other guy knows, before you show off what you know.

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Common Courtesy is No Longer Common

Someone once asked a Southerner, "Where does the South actually begin?" The Southerner said, proudly, "When you notice the children say, 'Yes, sir' and 'No, ma'am.'"

But good manners are not a matter of geography. There are as many polite children in Caribou, Maine, Wichita, Kansas and Tacoma, Washington as there are in Natchez, Mississippi. They don't learn politeness from a postmark. They learn from a parent.

But not nearly enough seem to be learning anymore. Common courtesy, unfortunately, has become an uncommon virtue. You'll know you've done a good job of teaching when your child says: "Thank your for teaching me to say 'Thank you.'"

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