Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.

Weakness is a great bully without knowing it.

it's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy.

a short cut to matrimonial unhappiness is not to have the same taste in jokes!

Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.

By some mysterious method, Susan Carr's gossip gave the listener a gentler feeling towards his kind. When she spoke of her neighbors' faults, one knew that somehow they were simply virtues gone to seed.

gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims.