Enthusiasm is a plant which grows variously in the varying soils of different natures.

We envy people we love for being always in their own loved company.

The sorrows of children are profound and unsuspected.

Understanding, above all, is a gift we should never offer uninvited.

I have reached the stage now where luxury is not in fine possessions but in carefree possessions, and the greatest luxury of all would be the completely expendable.

As every real estate agent knows, a poor house in good surroundings will sell for a higher price than a better house in poor surroundings, and in a town they confidently ask 25 percent more rent for a flat with a view of a park that for an identical flat with no view.

It is always one of the tragedies of any relationship, even between people sensitive to each other's moods, that the moments of emotion so rarely coincide.