“Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life.”

“Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.”

“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.”

“The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.”

“Life is a predicament which precedes death.”

“Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending”