A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver.

The biggest hurdle is figuring out who your friends are. Your real friends.

A trip to the picture framer's, with a selection of prints, is the most joyous outing I can imagine. I've spent more money on framing than on anything else I own.

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.