Most of our diversions do not so much delay death as accustom us to it.
An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.
We cough because we can't help it, but others do it on purpose.
If you must reread old love letters, better pick a room without mirrors.
People are like birds: on the wing, all beautiful; up close, all beady little eyes.
How can a man marry wisely in his twenties? The girl he's going to wind up wanting hasn't even been born.