Money: in its absence, we are coarse; in its presence, we are vulgar.

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 have a terror of seeming to exert ourselves, lest it be noticed that we exerted ourselves and did not succeed.

If the pain wanders, do not waste your time with doctors.

With men, as with women, the main struggle is between vanity and comfort; but with men, comfort often wins.

We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.

We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.