It is often a mistake to combine two pleasures, because pleasures, like pains, can act as counter-irri-tants to each other.

Family is the theatre of the spiritual drama, the place where things happen, especially the things that matter.

A naked moon stood in a naked sky.

If you convey to a woman that something ought to be done, there is always a dreadful danger that she will suddenly do it.

Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them.

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.

Man is at his tallest when he bows.