I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.
“In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning.”
“Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't try selling sunshine and light - you'll go broke.”