Today, people often make the American mistake of confusing acquaintances with friends. The former are there to share life's pleasures; only the latter should be invited to share one's problems.

School visits are something I do fairly often: I always say to the students that somebody has got to end up with the interesting careers, so why not them?

I think other people's depression is frightfully dreary, don't you?

School visits are something I do fairly often: I always say to the students that somebody has got to end up with the interesting careers, so why not them?