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.

Money is a better tonic than Geritol.

Those who refuse to play second fiddle may wind up playing no fiddle at all.

Acknowledge your limitations or they will tyrannize over you.

Reading more than life teaches us to recognize ethos and pathos.

Deconstruction: peering suspiciously at the text, I wait for it to make a slip and betray itself.

Existence is not a mystery unless you think it has a meaning.