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.

Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.

Many of us are equal to life's emergencies who cannot bear its day-after-dayness.

Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn't exist.

Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.

It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?

Neurotics are always looking for something new to overdo.