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

It's sad when two people who could never part without a kiss come to the point where they never part and so never kiss.

Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits

Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old idea.

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Always keep your home presentable, assuming you keep a home for purposes of presentation.

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.