Abigail Van Buren Quotes

The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.

The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.

It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

You are what you are when nobody is looking.

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from ‘Dear Abby’ instead of going to Mom and Dad.

It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone
without getting a little on yourself

Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.

Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you’re supervised or not; finish a job once it’s started; carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.

If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.

Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don’t live up to the expectations we have of them.