On the whole, I haven't found men unduly loath to say, 'I love you.' The real trick is to get them to say, 'Will you marry me?

Young people want to look like peas in a pod, and there is no use trying to make them different.

Between frivolity and intentional mischief there is little difference, none in the results.

It occurred to me that we live in a lunatic world where the only way to maintain peace is to have an enormous war-making machine.

Neither an assembly line nor a stock market nor an oil well did it, simply what came from one small skull and that one right hand.

in love, gallantry is necessary. Even when the first wild desire is gone, especially then, there is an inherent need for good manners and consideration, for the putting forth of effort. Two courteous and civilized human beings out of the loneliness of their souls owe that to each other.

The only people who never fail are those who never try