Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.

Modern air travel means less time spent in transit. That time is now spent in transit lounges.

Jewishness cropped up and has never successfully been put down since.

Political systems must love poverty-they produce so much of it. Poor people make easier targets for a demagogue. No Mao or even Jiang Zemin is likely to arise on the New York Stock Exchange floor. And politicians in democracies benefit from destitution, too. The US has had a broad range of poverty programs for 30 years. Those programs have failed. Millions of people are still poor. And those people vote for politicians who favor keeping the poverty programs in place. There's a conspiracy theory in there somewhere.

It's much better to have your arguments dismissed because you might be joking than to have your arguments dismissed because you're not telling the truth.

The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.

In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.