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.

The way the neurotic sees it: bars on his door mean that he's locked in; bars on your door mean that he's locked out.

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

People are like birds: on the wing, all beautiful; up close, all beady little eyes.

What's for dinner is the only question many husbands ask their wives, and the only one to which they care about the answer.

Women go to beauty parlors for the unmussed look men hate.

The neurotic believes that life has meaning, but that his life hasn't.