Where do one's fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open?

It's very inconvenient to be loved. Nearly everyone has found that out, sooner or later. The fewer people who love you the less you will have to suffer.

Elephants can remember, but we are human beings and mercifully human beings can forget.

a great man always knows better than to explain unless an explanation is demanded. To rush into explanations and excuses is always a sign of weakness.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

You agree - I'm sure you agree that beauty is the only thing worth living for.

Desperate ills need desperate remedies.