Whereas a lot of men used to ask for conversation when they really wanted sex, nowadays they often feel obliged to ask for sex even when they really want conversation.

In our society mothers take the place elsewhere occupied by the Fates, the System, Negroes, Communism or Reactionary Imperialist Plots; mothers go on getting blamed until they're eighty, but shouldn't take it personally.

Newish friends, if they get ghastly, can be weighed and found wanting, but you'd never do a thing like that to old ones; their terrible habits are just part of the universe.

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.

Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.

Does anybody who gave up smoking to save a pound a week have a pound at the end of the week? Not on your life.

Children and zip fasteners do not respond to force ... except occasionally.