The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.

The ears are the last feature to age.

The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.

The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.

Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.

In mixed company women practise a kind of visual shorthand that they later decode in detail in other women's company.

The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.