Don't ask others to forgive in you a sin they're dying to commit themselves.

Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how unresponsive their husbands are. Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy food, and forget how demanding their wives are. Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.

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

What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.

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

They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

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.