It is possible for a spinster to be disappointed in lovers, but only the married are ever disappointed in love.
Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.
When things hurt us, we're merely on our way to another spiritual environment.
Death is the advertisement, at the end of an autobiography, wherein people discover its virtues.
... sometimes, out of bitterness, the years distill forgiveness.
It seems to take a lifetime for us to learn that wisdom consists largely in a graceful acceptance of things that do not immediately concern us.