Like all the rich he could not bring himself to believe that the poor (look at their houses, look at their clothes!) could really suffer. Like all th… - Thornton Wilder

The difference between a little money and no money at all is enormous...and the difference between a little money and an enormous amount of money is very slight.

I’m awfully interested in how big things begin. You know how it is; you’re twenty-one or twenty-two and you make some decisions. . . then whissh! you’re seventy. You’ve been a lawyer for fifty years and that white-haired lady by your side has eaten over 50,000 meals with you. How do such things begin?

I didn't marry you because you were perfect. I didn't even marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise. That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married and it was the promise that made the marriage. And when our children were growing up, it wasn't a house that protected them; and it wasn't our love that protected them — it was that promise.