Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. - Demosthenes

Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose. - Evan Esar

She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table. - Henry James

I no longer prepare food or drink with more than one ingredient. - Cyra McFadden

A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat. - Katharine Whitehorn