A Library Should Be Like A Pair

Death Is Too Much For Men To Bear, Whereas Women, Who Are Practiced In Bearing The Deaths Of Men Before Their Own And Who Are Alsopracticed In Bearing Life, Take Death Almost In Stride. They Go To Meet Death--that Is, They Attempt Suicide--twice As Often As Men, Though Men Are More "successful" Because They Use Surer Weapons, Like Guns.

When You Have The Goods, You Don't Need To Dress Up What You're Writing.

Time Can Be Such A Menace To A Man. By This Age Do That; By That Age Do Better.

Do Not Keep Company With People Who Speak Of Careers. Not Only Are Such People Uninteresting In Themselves; They Also Have No Interest In Anything Interesting. . . . Keep Company With People Who Are Interested In The World Outside Themselves. The One Who Never Asks You What You Are Working On; Who Never Inquires As To The Success Of Your Latest Project; Who Never Uses The Word Career As A Noun -- He Is Your Friend.

Blame Is Especially Useful In Situations In Which There Is No Apparent Villain-those Moments That Prove, Despite Our Advancement Of Learning, How Susceptible We Are To High Winds And Wet Roads.