Old men feel a slightly reluctant affection for one another. — Mason Cooley Affection Copy Share Image
Self-conscious? Try a wig, a corset, a veil, a beard. Or cultivate shamelessness. — Mason Cooley Beard Copy Share Image
The writer is always courted by invitations from the all-too- familiar. — Mason Cooley Familiar Copy Share Image
Idleness makes people feeble and peevish. Work makes them stalwart and prone to anger. — Mason Cooley Anger Copy Share Image
A suburb is an attempt to get out of reach of the city without having the city be out of reach. — Mason Cooley Cities Copy Share Image
Old among the young, poor among the rich, I adopt an air of indefinable superiority. — Mason Cooley Air Copy Share Image
At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly. — Mason Cooley Folly Copy Share Image
Errors are more numerous than truths, but fortunately too divided among themselves to take power. — Mason Cooley Divided Copy Share Image
Deconstruction glorifies the critic, humiliates the author, and makes the reader wonder why he bothered. — Mason Cooley Books Copy Share Image
Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations. — Mason Cooley Emblems Copy Share Image
The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life. — Mason Cooley Bears Copy Share Image
To be a social success, do not act pathetic, arrogant, or bored. Do not discuss your unhappy childhood, your visit to the… — Mason Cooley Arrogant Copy Share Image
Interpreting the dance: young women in white dancing in a ring can only be virgins; old women in black dancing in a… — Mason Cooley Black Copy Share Image
Never invite to dinner: those who won't decide until the last minute; those who come more than half an hour late; those… — Mason Cooley Argument Copy Share Image
