The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves

A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others as little pleased with him

Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.

We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good and bad, right and wrong, and to take the consequences of what might turn out to be a lifetime battle

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.

Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment