For most men, life is a search for the proper Manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.

A man who is careful with his palate is not likely to be careless with his paragraphs.

The only reason for being young is to outgrow it.

A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk's leap toward immortality.

Muhammad Ali: Superman Don't need no seat belt. Flight Attendant: Superman Don't need no airplane, either.

A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover. The social emotions it generates are equidistant from the philatelist's solitary gloating and the football fan's gregarious hysteria.

Being a child is in itself a profession.