Human beings need unhappiness at least as much as they need happiness.
What you fear most will happen to you - that is the law.
The tragedy is not that love doesn't last. The tragedy is the love that lasts.
Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.
... one doesn't really profit from experience; one merely learns to predict the next mistake.
In thoughts one keeps a reserve of hope, in spite of everything. You cannot say good-bye in imagination. That is something you can only do in actuality.