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.

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

Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.

Even in the same family, one child will always instinctively know when to ask for things, and another won't.

Confession is good for the conscience, but it usually bypasses the soul.

When we discuss those we love with those who do not love them, the end of love is near.

Neurotics always feel as though they were going way up or way down, which is odd in people going sideways.