If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
– Abigail Van Buren
If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters.
– Abigail Van Buren
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
– Abigail Van Buren
Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to prove their love like a moose needs a hat rack.
– Abigail Van Buren
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
– Abigail Van Buren
The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.
– Abigail Van Buren
The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
– Abigail Van Buren
There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who walk into a room and say, There you are and those who say, Here I am
– Abigail Van Buren
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
– Abigail Van Buren
Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
– Abigail Van Buren
A bad habit never disappears miraculously; it's an undo-it-yourself project.
– Abigail Van Buren
It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.
– Abigail Van Buren
Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
– Abigail Van Buren
Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've got to help pay for piping. And the Piper!
– Abigail Van Buren
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.