You don't have to signal a social conscience by looking like a frump. Lace knickers won't hasten the holocaust, you can ban the bomb in a feather boa just as well as without, and a mild interest in the length of hemlines doesn't necessarily disqualify you from reading Das Kapital and agreeing with every word.

Seeing through is rarely seeing into.

What we buy belongs to us only when the price is forgotten.

To some people the impossible is impossible.

It is harder to cut our gains than to cut our losses.

Perfect moments don't turn into half-hours.

Endurance is frequently a form of indecision.