My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I am merely being witty.

Enjoy the insult as you deliver it, before you learn its cost.

Many have attempted unnatural acts, but Nature has always shown the way.

In retirement, only money and symptoms are consequential.

Your love for me is founded in a sentiment. My love for you is founded in the body. A precarious interchange.

Grandiosity lessens as work proceeds.

Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.