Marriage is the process by which a woman deprives herself of an escort.

One uncongenial guest can ruin a dinner more easily than a poor salad, and that is saying a great deal.

Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air.

Activity is a sovereign remedy for the blues.

There are many people who consider love a dream, but they usually grow to think of marriage as the cold breakfast.

If we could only use other folks' experience, this here world would be heaven in about three generations, but we're so constructed that we never believe fire'll burn till we poke our own fingers into it to see. Other folks' scars don't go no ways at all toward convincin' us.

Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.