The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.
The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.
All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.
Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.
For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves.
Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.