Perversity depends on reversal and substitution.

To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.

Everyone knows that (1) happiness is the goal of life, and (2) happiness is a chimera.

Reading civilized the inner life.

Without asceticism, self-indulgence would be insignificant.

If a problem is insoluble, it is Necessity. Leave it alone.

As night falls, every joy glows brighter.