Occupation: Fiction Writer Birth: November 10, 1878 Death: January 28, 1961
Anyone who pretends not to be interested in money is either a fool or a knave..
The most trying moments in human experience were those in which there was nothing to be done except to wait..
You cannot divide minds into sexes. Each human being presents an individual problem..
It's surprising how soon you can get used to having money. It's much easier than getting used to not having it..
I do not approve of children being beaten. It is always a confession of failure..
it isn't good tactics to ask for something that you know will be refused..
There's a general consensus of opinion that people in love are apt to look silly -- except to each other..
Most of the things one worries about never happen..
It is the man who is sure of himself who disregards the opinion of the world. To be sure is to have power..
Take things as they come. Take things as they are. What does it matter? There's one end to everything..
there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation..
My dear father always said that when everybody had a telephone nobody would have any manners, because there wouldn't be time for them. And of course ….
Emotion which you do not share can become intolerable..
One cannot withdraw from the life of the community. Injury to one member of it cannot fail to be the concern of all..
Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation..
Too much information can be as disconcerting as too little..
Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb..
It is always better to say too little than too much..
Once a suggestion has entered the general atmosphere of human thought, it is very difficult to neutralise it..
Any road is bound to arrive somewhere if you follow it far enough.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight..