Every new truth begins in a shocking heresy.

To talk over a quarrel, with its inevitable accompaniment of self-justification, is too much like handling cobwebs to be very successful.

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

A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.

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

When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty.

If you give way to fear, you'll be a coward; and ... a coward is apt to be a liar. The devil's first name is Fear.