Failure is an event, never a person.

Failure is an event, never a person.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense.

SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense.

It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. . read more

It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. . . . It is in our follies that we are one.

My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to read more

My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.