Men were not gods after all, but as human and as clumsy as girls.
Freedom does not guarantee masterpieces.
For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.
Unless we remember we cannot understand.
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.
One's favorite book is as elusive as one's favorite pudding.