When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior.

Courage doesn't know what's around the corner, but goes around it anyway.

The neurotic would like to trust his analyst - if only because he's paying him so much money. But he can't - because if the analyst really cared, he'd be doing it for nothing.

The first-rate mind is always curious, compassionate, original, and pessimistic.

How can a man marry wisely in his twenties? The girl he's going to wind up wanting hasn't even been born.

Your children vividly remember every unkind thing you ever did to them, plus a few you really didn't.

I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose; I hate a draw and can't stop competing; otherwise I'm fine.