The man who never in his life Has washed the dishes with his wife Or polished up the silver plate - He still is largely celibate.

We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.

Blessed is the satirist; and blessed the ironist; blessed the witty scoffer, and blessed the sentimentalist; for each, having seen one spoke of the wheel, thinks to have seen all, and is content.

Friendships do not grow up in any carefully tended and contemplated fashion.... They begin haphazard.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.