When You Have The Goods, You Don't

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.

The Belief In Potential Human Virtue Underlies The Whole Idea Of The Bill Of Rights; The Document Is A Very Tough Guardian Of That Belief.

Why, For Example, Do The Great Writers Use Anticipation Instead Of Surprise? Because Surprise Is Merely An Instrument Of The Unusual, Whereas Anticipation Of A Consequence Enlarges Our Understanding Of What Is Happening.

Anytime You Make A Person Into Something Other Than Himself, You Make A Monster.

One Of The Very Important Things That Have To Be Learned Around The Time Dying Becomes A Real Prospect Is To Recognize Those Occasions When We Have Been Useful In The World.