Whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.

the little things in life often make more trouble than the big things.

It's good advice, but I expect it will be hard to follow; good advice is apt to be, I think.

I know I haven't much sense or sobriety, but I've got what is ever so much better — the knack of making people like me.

It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

I can't cheer up — I don't want to cheer up. It's nicer to be miserable!