When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?

The lusts of the flesh can be gratified anywhere; it is not this sort of license that distinguishes New York. It is rather, a lust of the total ego for recognition, even for eminence. More than elsewhere, everybody here wants to be somebody.

People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its own, to make independent decisions and to question the omnipotence or the wisdom of the parent.

Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour. Happiness is a direction, not a place.