But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that.

celebratin' New Year's Eve is like eatin' oranges. You got to let go your dignity t' really enjoy 'em.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike.

A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.

The very rich and the very social are, often, the very stuffy.

Does one eat peanuts at a ball game?' 'It ain't hardly legal if you don't.