Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

We can sometimes love what we do not understand, but it is impossible completely to understand what we do not love.