To others we are not ourselves but a performer in their lives cast for a part we do not even know that we are playing.

The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see.

Entertaining is one method of avoiding people. It is very often the negation of hospitality.

Happiness is the moment when you cease to make an inventory of joys; it is a glow, a brightness - never a list.

To others we are not ourselves but a performer in their lives cast for a part we do not even know that we are playing.

Of what help is anyone who can only be approached with the right words?

Reticences are as revealing as avowals.