There is only one force stronger than selfishness, and that is stupidity.

It is difficult to deal successfully, he decided, with a woman whose feelings cannot be hurt.

Do you know there is always a barrier between me and any man or woman who does not like dogs?

irony is an indispensable ingredient of the critical vision; it is the safest antidote to sentimental decay.

to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life.

No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it for example by seeing it how it could be worse and then being grateful it isn't.

Life is never what one dreams. It is seldom what one desires, but for the vital spirit and the eager mind, the future will always hold the search for buried treasure and the possibility of high adventure.