My thoughts, I guess, are bitter; who but the bitter have thoughts?

In any family, measles are less contagious than bad habits.

Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you're delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody - and that's what's made them radiantly attractive.

We are like people with short-term leases on summer cottages; we can never seem to make our provisions come out even with our stay.

Neurotics make poor patriots; if you're ashamed of something as big as yourself, it's hard to be proud of something as small as your country.

Children lack morality, but they also lack fake morality.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.