He was the mightiest of Puritans no less than of philistines who first insisted that beauty is only skin deep.

She ate so many clams that her stomach rose and fell with the tide.

The fascinating necessarily tends to call a certain attention to itself; the interesting need not. An evening spent with a fascinating person leaves vivid memories; one spent with interesting people has merely a sort of bouquet.

It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business.

Doubtless a good general rule for close friendships, where confidences are freely exchanged, is that what one is not informed about, one may not inquire about.

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told.