I’ve a devil of a habit for being right.

First, the avid student must be aware that when the world was young it knew only seven things: water, life and death, salt, night, birds and the length of an hour.

In his own country, Death can be kind.

What is the world but a boxing ring where fools and devils put up their fists?

Every morning is a battle between the superego and the id, and I am a mere foot soldier with mud and a snooze button on her shield.

Husbands lie, Masha. I should know; I've eaten my share. That's lesson one. Lesson number two: among the topics about which a husband is most likely to lie are money, drink, black eyes, political affiliation, and women who squatted on his lap before and after your sweet self.

You can never know how your clock runs. But it does run - and always faster than you think.