Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time.

Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part and does not believe in the play.

Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren't even good for you.

The time to begin most things is ten years ago.

The fault we admit to is seldom the fault we have, but it has a certain relationship to it, a somewhat similar shape, like that of a sleeve to an arm.

We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.

Forget about calories - everything makes thin people thinner, and fat people fatter.