To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.
Who learns most from a good book is the author.
The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.
To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.
To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.