Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one's behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.

Moralists love to discourse on the hollowness of success; about the hollowness of failure they are silent.

Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.

Clothes make the body both mysterious and historical.

When disaster waves, I try not to wave back.

The narcissist enjoys being looked at and not looking back.

Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.