Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

Forgive your child and yourself nightly. You didn't ask to live with the effects of ADHD any more than did your child.

Most of the poems I write take 5 minutes, but the words can give a lifetime of relief. Many people that have read my book say it helped them with their grief.

I’m much more than a writer – I’m someone who puts different words together in an interesting way.

Theories are there. Heroes are here

Your name is the most important thing you own. Don't ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.

I'm severely overrated. I'm just above a hack.

You will soon find that your joy in your home is growing, and that you have a source of happiness within yourself that you had not suspected.

Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.

We may both be bad, but there’s a huge difference between us—I’m not content with being this way.