Bessie-isms:

*When you envy someone’s good fortune, why don’t you also envy all the hard work and effort they put into attaining their success? And while you’re at it, envy all the problems, suffering and strife they experienced on their way to this moment. Ahhhh, you’re suddenly not as envious, are you? Much better.

*Women have fashion. Most men have some clothes, which apparently only occupy about a tenth as much space as what a woman’s fashion does!

Quotables:

Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that were the best.

Henry VanDyke