The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still alive and about, if such is the case, and that you're glad other people are, without having to spend an entire evening proving it.

People would have more leisure time if it weren't for all the leisure-time activities that use it up.

As millions of women have done before me, I pulled domesticity over my head like a blanket and found I was still cold.

I didn't learn for years that you generally find your Self after you quit looking for it.

You may have noticed, as I have, that if ever you find yourself declaring emphatically and unequivocally that you will never do some one particular thing, chances are good that this is precisely what you will one day find yourself doing.

Like a chastity belt, the package tour keeps you out of mischief but a bit restive for wondering what you missed.

It's easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.