Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply.

I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger; the cat was not

My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.

Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially.

The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in.

Roman matrons used to say to their sons: 'Come back with your shield or on it.' Later on, this custom declined. So did Rome... (but not before it created an Empire that changed the world -EM).

A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes. This may be the purpose of the universe.