Among the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.

I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again.

Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.

I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.

There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can't get.