I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

Perennials are the ones that grow like weeds, biennials are the ones that die this year instead of next and hardy annuals are the ones that never come up at all.

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.

Filing is concerned with the past; anything you actually need to see again has to do with the future.

American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains so many cracks through which the lawyers may creep.

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.