With Intellectuals, Moral Thought Is Often Less

Humor Simultaneously Wounds And Heals, Indicts And Pardons, Diminishes And Enlarges; It Constitutes Inner Growth At The Expense Of Outer Gain, And Those Who Possess And Honestly Practice It Make Themselves More Through A Willingness To Make Themselves Less.

It Is One Of The Sublime Provincialities Of New York That Its Inhabitants Lap Up Trivial Gossip About Essential Nobodies They've Never Set Eyes On, While Continuing To Boast That They Could Live Somewhere For Twenty Years Without So Much As Exchanging Pleasantries With Their Neighbors Across The Hall.

This Is, I Think, Very Much The Age Of Anxiety, The Age Of The Neurosis, Because Along With So Much That Weighs On Our Minds There Is Perhaps Even More That Grates On Our Nerves.

The Truly Ambitious Are Always As Busy On The Landings As They Are Breathless On The Stairs.

It Is The Gossip Columnist's Business To Write About What Is None Of His Business.