it isn't good tactics to ask for something that you know will be refused.

You can't do such a lot and do it all so well and have much time left for the ordinary human feelings.

It is always better to say too little than too much.

Husbands and wives quarrel a lot more than anyone thinks, and it's oftener about little things than big ones.

It's surprising how soon you can get used to having money. It's much easier than getting used to not having it.

there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation.

... the things that happened in your body were never as bad as the things that happened in your mind.