Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.

Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough.

The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody.

Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously.

Destiny has a constant passion for the incongruous.

The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.

The understanding smile of an old wife to her husband is one of the loveliest things in the world.

It is love in old age, no longer blind, that is true love. For the love's highest intensity doesn't necessarily mean it's highest quality.

There aren't any old times. When times are gone they're not old, they're dead! There aren't any times but new times!

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

The presence of a good friend brings big smiles.

Remember: whatever is burrowed deep in one hungry soul is bound to be tethered to the hearts of many, many more.

War is hell.

There is no greater joy in life than the joy of creating something.

If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture.

Most men find it difficult to remain true to a single woman, but relatively easy to be true to three or four at the same time.

[Police chiefs ] want support, they want more training, they want more assistance. And I think the federal government could be in a position where we would offer and provide that.

The perfect human being is uninteresting.

I think we've all experienced sort of becoming who we are as a reaction to what we come from.