A good friend is a person who thinks you're one of the good eggs, even if he knows you're a little cracked.

I was brought up imagining that cream rises to the top, merit wins out, the race is to the swift and riches to men of understanding, but it ain't necessarily so. The swift stand a better chance if they are also beautiful.

Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome.

...opening up a newspaper is the key to looking classy and smart. Never mind the bronze-plated stuff about the role of the press in a democracy - a newspaper, kiddo, is about Style.

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have.

Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either

Marriage, friends, is a lifelong feast; love is no light lunch.