The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.