Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it. Al Batt, in National Enquirer1 Happiness is nothing more than good he...

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976) Good habits result from resisting temptation. Ancient Proverb My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. Errol Flynn (...

I dont believe in guilt1, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally2 hurt another person, and dont judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free. Angelina Jolie (1975 - ) A guilty conscience need...

Employment is the surest antidote1 to sorrow. Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764 It is light grief that can take counsel. Anonymous2 Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. B...

Not greedy of filthy1 lucre2. Bible, 1 Timothy iii. 3, Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth. French Proverb The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too lat...

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. Daniel J. Boorstin (1914 - ) It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) Greatness is more than potential. It is the exe...

Gratitude1 is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies. Charles E. Jefferson (1860 - 1937) Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues2, but the parent of all others. Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro3 Plancio, 54 B.C. Gratitude...

There is an important sense in which government is distinctive1 from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of admin...

May no portent1 of evil be attached to the words I say. Anonymous2 To harken to evil conversation is the road to wickedness.. (Pravis Assuescere Sermonibus Est Via Ad Rem Ipsam) Anonymous No one gossips about other peoples secret virtues3....

The place of the father in the modern suburban1 family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) If you watch a game, its fun. If you play at it, its recreation. If you work at it, its golf. Bob Hope...