All we can do in this world is the thing that seems to us the best. We have no concern with the results, except as a guide for the future, and sometimes, years afterward, we see that what seemed like a bitter loss was, in reality, gain.

A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.

It is personal vanity of the most flagrant type which intrudes itself, unasked, into other people's affairs. There are few of us who do not feel capable of ordering the daily lives of others, down to the most minute detail.

A man likes to feel that he is loved, a woman likes to be told.

Some women are born to be married, some achieve marriage, and others have marriage thrust upon them.

I have a friend, physically magnificent, who combines within himself the intellect of a philosopher, the diplomacy of a statesman, the executive ability of the general of an army, the courtesy of a Chesterfield - and the emotions of a rabbit.

When you borrow trouble you give your peace of mind as security.