The next voice you hear will undoubtedly be your own.

When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior.

The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it.

Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

God and the devil lose to a common enemy: inertia.

Hate leaves ugly scars, love leaves beautiful ones.

Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how unresponsive their husbands are. Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy food, and forget how demanding their wives are. Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.