It is disgusting to pick your teeth; what is vulgar is to use a gold toothpick.

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice.

Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip.

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

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.

One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the rigid counter-fetishism.

A great maxim of personal responsibility and mature achievement: "Do it yourself" is now the enthroned cliche for being occupied with nonessentials.