The only way to win happiness is to give it. The more we give, the more we have.

Before, you think of it as a permanent bond of happiness; later, you see that it is a yoke, borne unequally. You marry to keep love, but sometimes that is the surest way to lose it.

At twenty, men love woman; at thirty, a woman; and at forty, women.

Fortunately age does not affect literature. After a man is dead, he may continue in the business and often rank higher than his living competitors.

If there's anythin' on earth that can be more tryin' than any kind of relative, I don't know what it is, but relatives by marriage comes first - easy.

Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own.

I've always thought my flowers had souls.