When money talks, no translator is needed regardless of where you are.

If, "Ifs" and "ands" were "pots and pans", we wouldn't need a blacksmith.
(My Irish Grandma would say this to me whenever I said something like " if only I had / could / was...... - I never really understood it)

If two dogs get in a fight, try separating them by grabbing the aggressor, not the victim, by the tail, and lift its hind legs off the ground. That way he’ll be unable to bite you and will lose traction, which usually makes a dog panic, and stop fighting.

The mellowing of men that comes with years, may have less to do with increased wisdom and more to do with decreased testosterone.