Marriage is nature's way of ensuring that a woman picks up some mothering experience before she has her first child.

What we seek in the end is not unconditional love but a love for which we, uniquely in all the world, meet all the conditions.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

Always when judging Who people are, Remember to footnote The words "So far.

There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.

A cat, after being scolded, goes about its business. A dog slinks off into a corner and pretends to be doing a serious self-reappraisal.

To be happy, you must fancy that everything you have is a gift, and you the chosen, though you worked your tail off for every bit of it.