Truth is no man's slave - but lies - what magnificent servants they make.

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.

Morale is not a single instinct. It has many ingredients. A sense of personal responsibility, the natural courage of an individual, the amount of his acquired self-discipline -- and above all his interest in others -- these together make up the spirit of morale.

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.

We cannot alter facts, but we can alter our ways of looking at them.

Time indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end.

... a woman who has been a nun is never anything else.