It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

Are you pro- or anti-macassar?

... it is a fact universally acknowledged that a husband is the most ridiculous thing on earth, except for a bachelor.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

The trouble with treating people as equals is that the first thing you know they may be doing the same thing to you.

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

I made a tentative conclusion. It seemed from all of this that uppermost among human joys is the negative one of restoration: not going to the stars, but learning that one may stay where one is.