Act as if it were impossible to fail.
The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
But be, as you have been, my happiness...
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.