A refugee is as helpless as a new born child - but not so appealing! Besides, a new born child has no memories!

Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are!

Death deceives relations often, and doctors sometimes, but the patient - never.

I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts!

Love comes into your being like a tidal wave ... sometimes it withdraws like a wave, till there isn't such a thing as a pool left, and every bit of your heart is as dry as seaweed beyond the wave's reach.

Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.