Serious reading is hardly a social activity and every halfway serious reader is perpetually subject to a form of coitus interruptus. Family members or friends who lack the desire, the courage, or the opportunity to burst in on you when there's some indication that you could be sexually entwined will seldom hesitate to interject themselves between you and a page, even though the act of reading is often as intimate and intense as a full-fledged carnal embrace.

Western civilization was declining too fast for comfort, but too slowly to be very exciting.

There exists a false aristocracy based on family name, property, and inherited wealth. But there likewise exists a true aristocracy based on intelligence, talent and virtue.

Does koala bear poop smell like cough drops?

You don't have to be a genius to recognize one. If you did, Einstein would never have gotten invited to the White House.

People tend the take everything too seriously. Especially themselves. Yep. And that's probably what makes 'em scared and hurt so much of the time. Life is too serious to take that seriously.

There're many ways, my dear, to victimize people. The most insidious way is to persuade them that they're victims.