Oh, my young friends, how delightful is the beginning of a love-business, and how undignified, sometimes, the end!

To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

There is room for words on subjects other than last words.

But the main things about a man are his eyes and his feet. He should be able to see the world and go after it.

A playwright... is... the litmus paper of the arts. He's got to be, because if he isn't working on the same wave length as the audience, no one would know what in hell he was talking about.

There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.

America is not a white man's republic.

A good rule for discussion is to use hard facts and a soft voice.

The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time.

Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand youre going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.

Lilian Ross was a - veteran writer for The New Yorker. She, in fact, brought me to The New Yorker many years ago.