All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely.
Juvenile delinquency serves many purposes, including that of providing sadistic adults with fantasies suited to their special tastes.
Those who love the young best stay young longer.
The examined life has always been pretty well confined to a privileged class.
So much of learning to be an American is learning not to let your individuality become a nuisance.
It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to.