As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know. (Nero Wolfe)

Wolfe scowled at her. I could see he was torn with conflicting emotions. A female in his kitchen was an outrage. A woman criticizing his or Fritz's cooking was an insult. But corned beef hash was one of life's toughest problems, never yet solved by anyone.

We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.

I love books, food, music, sleep, people who work, heated arguments, the United States of America, and my wife and children. I dislike politicians, preachers, genteel persons, people who do not work or are on vacation, closed minds, movies, loud noises, and oiliness.

A person who does not read cannot think. He may have good mental processes, but he has nothing to think about. You can feel for people or natural phenomena and react to them, but they are not ideas. You cannot think about them.