Mumps, measles, and puppy love are terrible after twenty.

A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.

The best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing.

The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it.

We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?

We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still.

Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.