When a reserved person once begins to talk, nothing can stop him; and he does not want to have to listen, until he has quite finished his unfamiliar exertion.

People who talk of new lives believe there will be no new troubles.

A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.

Life was a series of messes, and one spent one's time cleaning them up; if one had any heart at all one also gave a part of one's time to cleaning up those of other people.

Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!

That a Jew is despised or persecuted is bad for him, of course-but far worse for the Christian who does it-for although persecuted he can remain a good Jew-whereas no Christian who persecutes can possibly remain-if he ever was one-a good Christian.

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