Content is a matter of temperament rather than circumstance.

I've always thought my flowers had souls.

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.

It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things.

The conventions of society are all in the interests of morality. If you're conventional, you'll be good, in a negative sense, of course.

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.

After the door of a woman's heart has once swung on its silent hinges, a man thinks he can prop it open with a brick and go away and leave it.