God helps those who strut their stuff.

Dave was a confirmed serotonin junkie. Any day of the year, he chose a good book, a hot cupper, and air-conditioning over jeopardy to life and limb.

The two events were probably unrelated, but both jolted Dave the way a sudden air pocket reminds nervous passengers that they’re soaring above the clouds in a pressurized metal tube.

Nothing in life or love slipped easily into the tidy little box of his expectations.

Enjoy being you. Have fun. And be different.

Happy are you who love for you are loved by God! Alleluia! Amen!

It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.

When blame inevitably arises, the most senior people in the room should repeat this mantra: if a mistake happens, shame on us for making it so easy to make that mistake.

I don't have time. Come back after the election.

Beware of those who are homeless by choice! You have no hold on human being whose affections are without a top-root!

When you do not know of a thing say so plainly.

Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality

I am at war with the obvious.

All my wives were great housekeepers. After every divorce, they kept the house.