Enjoy every minute you have with those you love, my dear, for no one can take joy that is past away from you. It will be there in your heart to live on when the dark days come.

If you have to compromise, be sure to compromise up.

There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.

In the long run there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly.

No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.

There is a desire for progress in the hearts of all men, and it is the sense of frustration and inability to move forward that brings violent revolution.

To leave the world richer—that is the ultimate success.