Most of the things one worries about never happen.

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.

Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb.

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

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

Too much information can be as disconcerting as too little.

Once a suggestion has entered the general atmosphere of human thought, it is very difficult to neutralise it.