O, Merry Is The Optimist, With The

Praise Is Warming And Desirable. But It Is An Earned Thing. It Has To Be Deserved, Like A Hug From A Child.

Cocktail Parties ... Are Usually Not Parties At All But Mass Ceremonials Designed To Clear Up At One Great Stroke A Wealth Of Obligations.

A Hobby A Day Keeps The Doldrums Away.

These Are My Daughters, I Suppose. But Where In The World Did The Children Vanish?

Wherever Conversation's Flowing, / Why Must I Feel It Falls On Me / To Keep Things Going?