Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.

Let me be the first to admit that the naked truth about me is to the naked truth about Salvador Dali as an old ukulele in the attic is to a piano in a tree, and I mean a piano with breasts. Senor Dali has the jump on me from the beginning. He remembers and describes in detail what it was like in the womb. My own earliest memory is of accompanying my father to a polling booth in Columbus, Ohio, where he voted for William McKinley.

Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor.

A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.

The paths of glory at least lead to the Grave, but the paths of duty may not get you Anywhere.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.