I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems.

One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.

It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?

No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.

The neurotic lies awake at night, composing letters to those he hates. He seldom thinks of dropping a line to those he loves.

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.

I'm always there to tell people that their life is not that bad. I wish it was easy to follow that advice.