We have to wear clothes, a requirement of custom, but more time, temper, character, and peace of mind, not to mention money, have been sacrificed to them than to any other altar on this green earth, and for what?

Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for - I don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind so much not having at other times.

As for opinions, if they're not pleasant they'd better be kept to yourself. I learned that early in life and forget it every day.

In a man they forgive anything. In a woman nothing.

What puppets we humans are - what puppets! Born without permission, dying when it is neither pleasant nor convenient, we are made to march or crawl through life on the edge of a precipice from which at any moment we may be knocked over. And we're told we should believe the experience is a privilege!

As long as I am on this little planet I expect to love a lot of people and I hope they will love me in return.

When you can't change a thing, don't let it change you.