Life is a mixed blessing, which we vainly try to unmix.
In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.
When the pain is great enough, we will let anyone be doctor.
There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.
Men never know how tired they are till their wives sit them down for a nice long talk.
No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it.