No matter how reclusive we tend to be, we picture the after-life as a community of souls. It is one thing to seek privacy in this life; it is another to face eternity alone.

Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and resist the urge to sit him down and explain to him how his brain is not yet fully developed.

A nod, a bow, and a tip of the lid to the person who coulda and shoulda and did.

A paranoid thinks that sinister forces are out to get him, not realizing that they are out to get everybody.

Wealth and wisdom are seldom combined, for the person who achieves one no longer desires the other.

If you can wear the hard times of your life as furrows on your brow, you can wear the good times as a twinkle in your eye.

There is always sufficient reason for despair, but there is never sufficient purpose.