With each passing year, one has less to say, and knows better how to say it.

People are like birds: on the wing, all beautiful; up close, all beady little eyes.

Neurotics always feel as though they were going way up or way down, which is odd in people going sideways.

The neurotic usually obeys his own Golden Rule: Hate thy neighbor as thyself.

In any family, measles are less contagious than bad habits.

Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed.

A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.