People permit life to slide past them like a deft pickpocket, their purse-not yet missed and now too late-in his hand.

Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it is not so splendid as a garment which has been cut to fit somebody not of your stature.

Most of the men regarded Europe as a wine list. In their mental geography Rheims, Rhine, Moselle, Bordeaux, Champagne, or Würzburg were not localities but libations.

A whole roomful of Jews is like a charged battery. The vitality sparks seem to fly, and frequently the result is a short circuit.

One can summon courage and fortitude to face tragedy; irritations and frustrations are a cloud of mosquitoes that nip and sting and drive one frantic.

I suppose it is a gift, being young, but it isn't special. We've all got it, early in life.

Take Texas the way Texas takes bourbon. Straight. It goes down easier.