Dear Abby

"Dear Abby is my pen name, but my real name is Pauline Phillips, and I've spent decades helping people navigate life's challenges"

"The best time to do something was 20 years ago. The second best time is now"

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

"Many people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives"

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started"

"Believe in yourself and others will too"

"Love is blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener"

"The greatest gift you can give another person is your time"

"Accept everything about yourself—I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end—no apologies, no regrets"

"Keep skid chains on your tongue; you never know when you'll have to take aick turn"

"The real estate of life is earned, not given"

"Doing the right thing at the right time is the secret to a happy life"

"Friends are the family we choose for ourselves"

"Your children will become who you are, so be who you want them to be"

"The most important word in any language is 'please'"

"Maturity is when you stop trying to change others and focus on changing yourself"

"A person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams"

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do"

"If you don't take care of your body, where will you live"

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work"

"The greatest pain in life comes from unlived years"

"Love thy neighbor, even if you have to climb the fence to do it"

"You can't change the past, but you can spoil the present by worrying about the future"

"The greatest talent is listening"

"Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a bed to sleep in peacefully"

"Responsibility is accepting the consequences of your own choices"

"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea"

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"

"Many marriages are wrecked by a difference of opinion; he's of the opinion he's not wrecking anything"

"The greatest wealth is friendship"