Some marriages depend on domestic arguments the way the courts depend on litigation.

If you insist on asking me why I feel the way I do, I plan to take the Fifth Amendment.

People often imagine that being hard to please confers a certain superiority.

Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.

I gulp down my pleasures, chew over my miseries.

Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.

The aphorism sometimes casts off cynicism and expresses strong feeling.