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

The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.

The best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing.

No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it.

Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you're delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody - and that's what's made them radiantly attractive.

The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.

What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures.