To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.

Everybody always knows something," said Adam, "even if it's something they don't know they know.

how tedious is retirement! You cannot imagine to yourself the monotony with which day comes after day.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

I married an archeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved and wanted and then show them that it's all a sham.