Never too late to learn some embarrassingly basic, stupidly obvious things about oneself.
We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us.
The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once [we soon feel ungrateful] or those who never allow us to kiss them [we soon forget them], but those who coyly lead us between the two extremes.
As we write, so we build: to keep a record of what matters to us.
Everyone wants a better life: very few of us want to be better people.
We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.