You will not find a soulmate in the quiet of your room. You must go to a noisy place and look in the quiet corners.

So often the shortest distance to happiness is the length of an about-face.

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

You can think of a painter as a trio - the artist, his talent and his muse, the last two always on the lookout for a new brush man.

There was never a wise saying that couldn't be made wiser by adding the words, "and vice-versa.

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.

Sometimes love needs a rest from caring, and so bears for an intolerable few hours the guilt of not caring.