Don't get so involved in the duties of your life and your children that you forget the pleasure. Remember why you had children.

Repeat nothing - absolutely nothing - that is told you in confidence. There is no such thing as telling just one person.

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

Age becomes reality when you hear someone refer to that attractive young woman standing next to the woman in the green dress, and you find that you're the one in the green dress.

I have a theory that since everyone is always dieting, no one at a convention dinner ever eats the potatoes. Therefore, they go back to the kitchen uneaten. And the next night they reappear at another convention. Therefore, one should never eat the potatoes. Who knows? They may be six or seven years old.

Women on the way up generally fail to win popularity contests. The only compensation is that once you're there you will become very well liked.

... letters freeze time for us, eternalizing shared experiences so we can go back and draw strength from them. Letters are like deposits in a secret bank that can be withdrawn when they are needed. And as we look back in love, we appreciate anew the thought and time that was taken to express those feelings.