Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.
When the pressures really mount, the neurotic must choose: Shall he have a good cry, or set fire to his neighbor's house?
Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.
Not for nothing does the neurotic suffer - but not for anything very much, either.
When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.
I know which side my bread is buttered on: the side which falls on the carpet.