Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed.
Anywhere you go liking everyone, everyone will be likeable.
Few of us could bear to have ourselves for neighbors.
Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be.
Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.
If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you.