The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.

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.

A holiday cocktail party is where some stranger will learn more about you in an hour than your spouse has learned in a lifetime.

Sometimes two people stay together for the sake of the kids - two kids who sat under a full moon and pledged to be forever true.

In the end the reason for anything is inseparable from the reason for everything.

If you can't explain something in a few words, try fewer.

Try to discover The road to success And you'll seek but never find, But blaze your own path And the road to success Will trail right behind.

The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.

Charisma is not so much getting people to like you as getting people to like themselves when you're around.

If you can't forgive and forget, pick one.