Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.

His show at one time held the highest ratings among adults in his time slot. His favorite saying was: "Courts are made for judges and lawyers". Segments were often bracketed by Meltzer delivering aphorisms or reciting moralizing poetry ("What shall we do with grandma now that Bernard Meltzer's old and gray?") in his distinctive smooth soothing quiet voice.