To insult a friend implies that you respect his masculinity enough to know he can take it without acting like a crybaby. The swapping of insults, like the fighting between brothers, becomes the seal of the male bonding.
Beauty too often sacrifices to fashion.
Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.
Stolen sweets are always sweeter, Stolen kisses much completer, Stolen looks are nice in chapels, Stolen, stolen be your apples.
There is no greater mistake in the world than the looking upon every sort of nonsense as want of sense.
The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church, for there is plenty of room there.
The loveliest hair is nothing, if the wearer is incapable of a grace.
Shampoo doesn’t have to foam, but we add foaming chemicals because people expect it each time they wash their hair. Same thing with laundry detergent. And toothpaste—now every company adds sodium laureth sulfate to make toothpaste foam more. There’s no cleaning benefit, but people feel better when there’s a bunch of suds around their mouth. Once the customer starts expecting that foam, the habit starts growing.
When a student comes and asks, "Should I become a mathematician?" the answer should be no. If you have to ask, you shouldn't even ask.
Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.
I believe reality is a marvelous joke staged for my edification and amusement and everybody is working very hard to make me happy.