Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.

- Ann Landers

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.

- Ann Landers

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.

- Ann Landers

Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

- Ann Landers

I don't believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is.

- Ann Landers

Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

- Ann Landers

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

- Ann Landers

If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.

- Ann Landers

People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.

- Ann Landers

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

- Ann Landers

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

- Ann Landers

One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.

- Ann Landers

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

- Ann Landers

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

- Ann Landers

The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

- Ann Landers

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.

- Ann Landers

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

- Ann Landers

The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.

- Ann Landers

You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat.

- Ann Landers

Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.

- Ann Landers