Be it human or animal, touch is a life-giving thing. Has anyone ever had a stroke or a heart attack while cozied up with a pet? I doubt it.

To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."

It is the fancy of every mortal that being cradled in the arms of mortality is a safe place for the time being.

Know thyself, especially thyself after a couple of drinks.

A toast once heard: "To my big sister, who never found her second Easter egg until I'd found my first."

One day you just say "To heck with it," and you go looking for trouble, and you find happiness.

We envy others, for we see their lives in broad outline, while forced to live ours in every detail.