A sister is the cure for swollen heads and ego trips. One may a star, a Chief Executive-famous and rich and beautiful. But one's sister has the family photo album. And a long, long memory. And a tendency to wink at one on Top Occasions.

Riding turns 'I wish into 'I can'.

If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater.

Bears being sent through the mail should never be squashed up to make them fit. It gives them indigestion.

You took me to adventure and to love. We two have shared great joy and great sorrow. And now I stand at the gate of the paddock watching you run in an ecstasy of freedom, knowing you will return to stand quietly, loyally, beside me.

The first step to wisdom is to be sure one says and does what one believes.

For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.