The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.

Maybe it's superficial to exude a sense of confidence in one's clothes. But it's also integral. We have an appearance. Not all of us are beautiful. But we can appear fine looking. So we should. Feeling good about an outfit is the point at which that outfit finally becomes good.

It is, in fact, safe to assume that, more often than not, life imitates craft, for who among us can say that our experience does not more closely resemble a macramé plant holder than it does a painting by Seurat. When it comes to art, life is the biggest copycat in the matter of the frame.

It's very important who the president of the United States is. America is a great idea, so that's why it's a great country.

Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.

Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.

Writing pornography is deadly, nothing duller. I mean a toll-taker has a more exciting life than a pornographer.