Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.

Mrs. Wiggs was a philosopher, and the sum and substance of her philosophy lay in keeping the dust off her rose-colored spectacles.

Taking friendships for granted is one of the surest ways of ending them. Unless nourished, they tend to wither and die. Unless we earnestly desire its continuance we should never start a friendship any more than we would a love affair.

Somehow, I never feel like good things b'long to me till I pass 'em on to somebody else.

Metaphysicians tell us that it is easier to get the body well than to get the mind to realize its wellness.

It'll be with me like it was with Uncle Ned's ole ox, I reckon; he kep' a-goin' an' a-goin' till he died a-standin' up, an' even then they had to push him over.

The hardest grief is often that which leaves no trace.