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.

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 my next life I want to be a pessimist. Then other people could spend all their time cheering me up.

It beats me how Freud could say "What do women want?" as if we all must want the same thing.

It is a pity that so often the only way to treat girls like people seems to be to treat them like boys.

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

It has long been my boast that I can read or eat anything. But unfortunately, although I eat like a Hoover, I read so slowly that I am always on the smart book three years after everyone else has finished.