Coffee, unless it is very good and made by somebody else, is pretty intolerable at any time.
It is difficult in life to be good, and difficult in art to portray goodness. Perhaps we don't know much about goodness.
Freedom may be a value in politics, but it is not a value in morals.
A middling talent makes for a more serene life.
Daytime sleep is a cursed slumber from which one wakes in despair.
One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better.