One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.

Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it.

Anywhere you go liking everyone, everyone will be likeable.

If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed.

We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy: whiskey and action are easier.

There's no way to repay a mother's love, or lack of 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.