At Least My Father Tried 

My father had so many sayings that he repeated often through the years, ones like, "Do as I say, not as I do."

For this one, he was ahead of his time, as it's the mantra for many social media practitioners. I think he wrote this and forgot to put it into his pocket. Well he didn't say this, but he lived it: always uncut and off-the-cuff.