The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.

Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady.

When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves.

The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.

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

Many people know how to work hard; many others know how to play well; but the rarest talent in the world is the ability to introduce elements of playfulness into work, and to put some constructive labor into our leisure.