Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their minds are turned and making the best of their way back to life and living people and things they understand.

To be social is to be forgiving.

And one of the three great things in the world is gossip, you know. First there's religion; and then there's science; and there's-and then there's friendly gossip. Those are the three-the three great things.

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.

Tolerance is the uncomfortable feeling that in the end the other could be right.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

A poem begins with a lump in the throat