Early every morning an old woman goes to the market to curse a grocery clerk, who curses back.

The New York action painters want their pictures to jump off the walls and chase you down the street.

Idleness makes people feeble and peevish. Work makes them stalwart and prone to anger.

The same old thing--even if it's champagne--is still the same old thing.

I am now old enough to make common cause with my predecessors against my successors.

The rich are happier than we are, and should be.

The aphorist is a hit and run artist.