To flatter a young man, tell him that you thought that he was older than he is. To flatter an old woman, tell her that you thought that she was younger than she is.

“Most people can’t stand spending a few minutes by themself. Yet they expect oth…”

“There is a correlation between one’s estimation of the odds of finding a new lo…”

“Procrastination threatens critics’ livelihood.”

“The civilized man is technologically ahead of — intellectually behind — his tim…”