When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting.
Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.
To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs.
Social reform is the desperate decision to remove corns from a person suffering from cancer.
Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.