It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals.

On ships they call them barnacles; in business they attach themselves to desks and are called vice presidents.

I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.

The world is a grindstone and life is your nose

My uncle is a Southern planter. He's an undertaker in Alabama.

He writes so well he makes me feel like putting my quill back in my goose.