Hold the door for an old man. Old ladies can take care of themselves; they've been doing it long enough.

Perhaps success should not mean that you have nothing to say to anyone, no time for anybody, and not a moment left in your calendar for someone whom you might suddenly realize you love.

To extend oneself does not necessarily mean to have an erection.

Sports (and the often barely withheld violence around them) have become one of the few modern ways to connect with strangers. They give an amazing number of geeks things to talk about. In the old days we settled for, "Hello, how are you?

The lowest form of barbarism is smugly to berate someone for extending an act of kindness.

The most wonderful revenge you can have is by dumping an attractive, vacant man for an uglier one. That way all of his friends can scratch their heads, and for the next year or so wonder why.

Get out of your house in the middle of a rainstorm, get soaked in it, and then strip down-to nothing but a smile.