The world is a stone wall ... and they have put the stones so close together that there is not a single crack through which one may enter.
Every act is an expression of one's self.
The line between life and death is not thicker than an eyelid.
The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure.
To the courtiers flushed with wine, life was pleasure, and pleasure life.
People tend to be put off by the idea of selling sex, but if you spend a winter's night with one of them and talk with her about her family and so on, you're likely to find she's just like any other woman.