There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative.

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts.

Love-making is radical, while marriage is conservative.

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.