some people always have a touch of youth about them.
It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests.
People have never lost what they think they have.
Most of the pleasure of making a book would go if it held nothing to be shared by other people. I would write for a few dozen people, and sometimes it seems that I do so, but I would not write for no-one.
Civilized life exacts its toll.
Magnifying a matter is not the way to mend it.