It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.
Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.
You think death is any better an excuse for desertion than any other?
Only a person who considers himself too good for you is good enough.
There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.