“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invaribly they are both disappointed
“Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience
“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another
“I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future pluses
“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age
“Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings
“I do not see any other way of realizing our hopes about World Organization in five or six days. Even the Almighty took seven
“What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace