It's Hard To Be Happy, And Safe,

A Dog Is The Only Exercise Machine You Cannot Decide To Skip When You Don't Feel Like It.

A Literary Academic Can No More Pass A Bookstore Than An Alcoholic Can Pass A Bar.

Is There Any Vanity Greater Than The Vanity Of Those Who Believe Themselves Without It?

Power Consists To A Large Extent In Deciding What Stories Will Be Told.

Quoting, Like Smoking, ... Is A Dirty Habit To Which I Am Devoted. But Then ... I Am A Professor Of English Literature; It Is An Occupational Hazard.