I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. 
~   Rudyard Kipling

Don’t be yourself – be someone a little nicer. 
~   Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966

There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear. 
~   Frank Tyger

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. 
~   Author Unknown