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.

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.

Work alone qualifies us for life.

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.

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.

The success-haters. That's what I call them -- the people who have never got what they want and turned sour on everybody who has. The world's full of them. As soon as you've made good they begin to watch for you to fail.