Bessie-isms:

*Brides always want their wedding to be perfect. But then they choose bridesmaids from their imperfect friends, and invite all their loser friends and relatives, pretty much insuring a total lack of perfection.

*It is too late to prepare for calamity when it is at your door.

Quotable:

Success seems to largely to be a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

William Feather