Things a mother should know: how to comfort a son without exactly saying Daddy was wrong.

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

I blame Rousseau, myself. "Man is born free", indeed. Man is not born free, he is born attached to his mother by a cord and is not capable of looking after himself for at least seven years (seventy in some cases).

Being young is not having any money; being young is not minding not having any money.

a perfectly managed Christmas correct in every detail is, like basted inside seams and letters answered by return, a sure sign of someone who hasn't enough to do.

It beats me how Freud could say "What do women want?" as if we all must want the same thing.

Things a mother should know: how to comfort a son without exactly saying Daddy was wrong.