Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

But what is significant is that if you don't want to like and accept somebody, one excuse is as good as another. The objective facts don't matter, and the reasons are never as ‘reasonable' as we like to think they are.

Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.

Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.

Many people feel "guilty" about things they shouldn't feel guilty about, in order to shut out feelings of guilt about things they should feel guilty about.

Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat.