Hardening of the hearteries is the most serious affliction besetting marriage, and warm, good-humored, approving words are the only effective preventive.

Operating in an unlit world, the unconscious mind is a brilliant detective.

At what age should one marry? As a rule of thumb, perhaps not until you are past the age of feeling strongly that you must marry.

I saw one of the absolute truths of this world: each person is worrying about himself; no one is worrying about you. He or she is worrying about whether you like him, not whether he likes you. He is worrying about whether he looks prepossessing, not whether you are dressed correctly. He is worrying about whether he appears poised, not whether you are. He is worrying about whether you think well of him, not whether he thinks well of you. The way to be yourself ... is to forget yourself.

It is characteristic to believe that those in need are given to, that the squeaky hinge is the one that gets the oil, but in the realm of emotions this is not so. It is the person who does not solicit liking and love, admiration and respect, sympathy and empathy to whom they are freely given.

The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched.

cookbooks, I found, are intended for people with time to cook - and, surprisingly often, for people who already know how to cook.