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

Heart-aches are forgotten, tears lose their bitterness, and like a leaf of lavendar in a store of linen, so does Memory make life sweet.

One of the most interesting things in the world to me is the vast difference between what people say they are going to do, and what they actually do.

Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.

How strange it is that life must be nearly over, before one fully learns to live!

when you can't see straight ahead, it's because you're about to turn a corner.

Activity is a sovereign remedy for the blues.