Male friends do not always face each other; they stand side by side, facing the world.

One cannot make up stories; one can only retell in new ways the stories one has already heard.

Normal is absolutely my least favorite word.

One hires lawyers as on hires plumbers, because one wants to keep one's hands off the beastly drains.

Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort.

Upon becoming fifty the one thing you can't afford is habit.

Shifting problems is the first rule for a long and pleasant life.