Picking Other People's Brains Is An Art

You May Not Be Able To Change The World, But At Least You Can Embarrass The Guilty.

Lifelong Enemies Are, I Think, As Hard To Make And As Important To One's Well-being As Lifelong Friends.

I Have Nothing Against Undertakers Personally. It's Just That I Wouldn't Want One To Bury My Sister.

It Is Somehow Reassuring To Discover That The Word Travel Is Derived From Travail, Denoting The Pains Of Childbirth.

Funeralese Has Had Its Ups And Downs. The Word 'morticians,' First Used In Embalmers Monthly For February, 1895, Was Barred By The Chicago Tribune In 1932, 'not For Lack Of Sympathy With The Ambition Of Undertakers To Be Well Regarded, But Because Of It. If They Haven't The Sense To Save Themselves From Their Own Lexicographers, We Shall Not Be Guilty Of Abetting Them In Their Folly.