People will disapprove of you if you're unhappy, or if you're happy in The Wrong Way.

A woman's mink coat represents the sacrifice of a lot of little animals, including her husband.

Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom.

People find it hard to be both comic and serious, though life manages it easily enough.

Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's.

Be glad that you're greedy; the national economy would collapse if you weren't.

Some marriages break up, and some do not, and in our world you can usually explain the former better than the latter.