This liberal doxy must be impaled upon the member of a particularly large stallion.

Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate.

A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss.

... I tried to end our little duel. I called out pacifying words; I entreated; I finally surrendered. Still Clyde came, my pirate costume so great a success that it had apparently convinced him that we were back in the golden days of romantic old New Orleans when gentlemen decided matters of hot dog honor at twenty paces

I suspect that I am the result of particularly weak conception on the part of my father. His sperm was probably emitted in a rather offhand manner.

The heart is important at any age, I'm afraid.

I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.