The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.
If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.
Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.
If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
Death is a distant rumor to the young.
