If you jot down every silly thought that pops into your mind, you will soon find out everything you most seriously believe.

Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it.

Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt.

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.

We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.

If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed.

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