Mary Stuart wrote, 'My end is in my beginning.' It is easier to agree with her than to decide what is the beginning, and what is the end..

Children want one thing at a time, and want that one thing passionately..

I used to do miserably in English literature, which I thought was a sign of moral turpitude. As I look back on it, I think it was rather to my credit….

... the things that happened in your body were never as bad as the things that happened in your mind..

Nobody likes to be accused of a virtue..

Take things as they come. Take things as they are. What does it matter? There's one end to everything..

Emotion which you do not share can become intolerable..

there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation..

A good many established writers seem to have the feeling that some day they are going to be found out, revealed as frauds..

It is the man who is sure of himself who disregards the opinion of the world. To be sure is to have power..

Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb..

Most of the things one worries about never happen..

Too much information can be as disconcerting as too little..

You cannot divide minds into sexes. Each human being presents an individual problem..

Husbands and wives quarrel a lot more than anyone thinks, and it's oftener about little things than big ones..

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation..

Once a suggestion has entered the general atmosphere of human thought, it is very difficult to neutralise it..

The most trying moments in human experience were those in which there was nothing to be done except to wait..

One cannot withdraw from the life of the community. Injury to one member of it cannot fail to be the concern of all..

The fact is, people who don't have any misfortunes are very irritating to their neighbours. No opportunities for popping in with condolences and new-….

There's a general consensus of opinion that people in love are apt to look silly -- except to each other..