When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
By Mason Cooley
When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.
By Mason Cooley
What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.
By Mason Cooley
Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.
By Mason Cooley
We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.
By Mason Cooley
We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.
By Mason Cooley
Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.
By Mason Cooley
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.
By Mason Cooley
Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.
By Mason Cooley
To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.
By Mason Cooley
To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.
By Mason Cooley
To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.
By Mason Cooley
To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.
By Mason Cooley
Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day.
By Mason Cooley
Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.
By Mason Cooley
Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.
By Mason Cooley
There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.
By Mason Cooley
The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head.
By Mason Cooley
The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
By Mason Cooley
The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.
By Mason Cooley
The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.
By Mason Cooley
The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small.
By Mason Cooley
The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting.
By Mason Cooley
The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.
By Mason Cooley
The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.
By Mason Cooley
