The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The evening papers print what they do and get away with it because by afternoon the human mind is ruined anyhow.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

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

Standing by the crib of one's own baby, with that world - old pang of compassion and protectiveness toward this so little creature that has all its course to run, the heart flies back in yearning and gratitude to those who felt just so toward one's self. Then for the first time one understands the homely succession of sacrifices and pains by which life is transmitted and fostered down the stumbling generations of men.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.