A love that lasts for twenty years may be better than love, but it isn't love.

A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant to give.

Love is often gentle, desire always a rage.

Life is a mixed blessing, which we vainly try to unmix.

True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.

Men enjoy being thought of as hunters, but are generally too lazy to hunt. Women, on the other hand, love to hunt, but would rather nobody knew it.

There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.