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.

Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.

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

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

Class is real. It can't be faked.

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.

Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

At every party there are two kinds of people - those who want to go home and those who don't. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.

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

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

You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat.

I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.

People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it servitude.

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.

Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.' Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

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