It is much more exquisite to be blown from the tree as a flower than to be shaken down as a shriveled and bitter fruit.

Shutting one's eyes is an art, my dear. I suppose there's no use trying to make you see that - but that's the only way one can stay married.

No one can ever help loving anyone.

Work alone qualifies us for life.

Of bird and prophet and his light shall lead On through the darkness to eventual light, To undiscovered wealth, to newer need . . .

It's all right to tell a wife the brutal truth, but you've got to go sort of easy with your lady-love.

Nothing seems so tragic to one who is old as the death of one who is young, and this alone proves that life is a good thing.