Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

It's a strange situation, but people will pay your fare to get you to go and tell them how to be happy.

Believe in fate, but lean forward where fate can see you.

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.

God is so angry. All that power, and so mean with it.

You can behave as badly as you like in America. Nobody notices.

Other-cheekism is not only a way of purifying the soul, it is also part of every weak person's survival kit.