When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.

Two things seemed pretty apparent to me. One was that in order to be a pilot a man had to learn more than any one man ought to learn; and the other was that he must learn it all over again in a different way every 24 hours.

Happiness ain't a thing in itself -it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.

Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.

We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

The partitions of the houses were so thin we could hear the women occupants of adjoining rooms changing their minds.

Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse.