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

Altruism is a hard master, but so is opportunism.

Many things can make you miserable for weeks; few can bring you a whole day of happiness.

With men, as with women, the main struggle is between vanity and comfort; but with men, comfort often wins.

Tragedy isn't getting something, or failing to get it; it's losing something you already have.

The trouble with women is men; the trouble with men, men.

There are now electrical appliances with the main unit so sealed in that it cannot be got at for repair. There have always been human beings like that.