A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.
James ThurberWhere most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
James ThurberSanity, soundness, and sincerity, of which gleams and strains can still be found in the human brain under powerful microscopes, flourish only in a culture of clarification, which is now becoming harder and harder to detect with the naked eye.
James ThurberHumor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point they can become wit, but unlike the French and the English, we have not been much good at wit since the days of Benjamin Franklin.
James Thurber