Opportunity often goes begging. Luck, never.

I am the center of the world, but the control panel seems to be somewhere else.

Saying "I feel guilty" is a mere form of words. Saying "I feel ashamed" is not.

When poets go off the boil, they sound like bumble bees; when critics do, they sound like sewing machines.

Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.

To Jane Austen, every fool is a treasure trove.

Self-analysis always cheats.