You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

Notoriously insensitive to subtle shifts in moods, children will persist in discussing the color of a recently sighted cement mixer long after one's interest in the topic has waned

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.