What we have earned by the sweat of our brow, we defend with pride. What we have gained by the accident of birth, we guard with prejudice.

All is illusion, although as long as there's an illusion that the kids need to be fed, all might as well be reality.

We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.

As important in a trusting relationship as the truths you share are the lies you never have to tell.

Nowadays you envy a manic-depressive. Half the time he's happy, the other half he's right.

It is not that love is blind. It is that love sees with a painter's eye, finding the essence that renders all else background.

To find someone who will love you through success and failure is to discover how little life has to do with either.