Self-deception Is Sometimes As Necessary

A Too Constant Preoccupation With Money May Seem To Indicate The Lack Of A Proper Sense Of Moral Values, But [let] Those Who Have Always Had Money . . . Be Without It For A While, And They Will Soon Discover How Quickly It Becomes Their Chief Concern.

Nobody Bores Any Man As Much As An Unhappy Female.

A Sharp Sense Of The Ironic Can Be The Equivalent Of The Faith That Moves Mountains. Far More Quicky Than Reason Or Logic, Irony Can Penetrate Rage And Puncture Self-pity.

The Self-hatred That Destroys Is The Waste Of Unfulfilled Promise.

Without Vanity A Writer's Work Is Tepid, And He Must Accept His Vanity As Part Of His Stock In Trade And Live With It As One Of The Hazards Of His Profession.