Why be saddled with this thing called life expectancy? Of what relevance to an individual is such a statistic? Am I to concern myself with an allotment of days I never had and was never promised? Must I check off each day of my life as if I am subtracting from this imaginary hoard? No, on the contrary, I will add each day of my life to my treasure of days lived. And with each day, my treasure will grow, not diminish.

Usually, when you can't overcome the obstacles in your path, it's not your path.

If you teach your children nothing else, teach them the Golden Rule and "righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, not forgetting to leave others be as you would have them leave you be.

The trick to playing second fiddle is to play it like second Stradivarius.

Love is not about grand intentions. It is about small attentions.

The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude.