One might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns that he must die ...and accepts his sentence undismayed.

The nice thing about citing god as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove.

Cats have no sense of humor, they have terribly inflated egos, and they are very touchy.

Learn to say No—and to be rude about it when necessary. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

There is no such thing as 'social gambling.' Either you are there to cut the other bloke's heart out and eat it -- or you're a sucker. If you don't like this choice -- don't gamble.

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

It is possible that the percentage of honest and competent whores is higher than that of plumbers and much higher than that of lawyers. And enormously higher than that of professors.