Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady.

The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.

When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.

We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.

Take away grievances from some people and you remove their reasons for living; most of us are nourished by hope, but a considerable minority get psychic nutrition from their resentments, and would waste away purposelessly without them.

Gourmet: Usually little more than a glutton festooned with credit cards.