And we all vied, in saving face, to be the greatest student of human nature, the person with the quickest sense of humor.

Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Do I resent rich people? No. The best or worst I can do is notice them. I agree with the great Socialist writer George Orwell, who felt that rich people were poor people with money.

We are here for no purpose, unless we can invent one.

What antidote can there be for an idea that popular and poisonous? Revenge provides revenge, which is sure to provide revenge, forming an endless chain of human misery. Here's the antidote: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Amen.

One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.