One key to success is to have lunch at the time of day most people have breakfast.

To help someone in need is not charity it is proper etiquette.

Stored away in some brain cell is the image of a long-departed aunt you haven't thought of in 30 years. Stored away in another cell is the image of a pink pony stitched on your first set of baby pajamas. All it takes to get that aunt mounted on the back of that pony is to eat a hunk of meatloaf immediately before going to bed.

Sometimes it is the person closest to us who must travel the furthest distance to be our friend.

Turn your love into promises, that when you doubt your love, you may simply ask, "Am I keeping my promises?"

It's still possible to be a cockeyed optimist these days - you just have to be a little more cockeyed.

Though you lose all hope, there is still hope, and it loves to surprise.