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

We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy: whiskey and action are easier.

The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it.

A woman ought to look up to her husband, if only a half-inch.

Some women love only what they can hold in their arms; others, only what they can't.

Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt.

Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.