Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports.
Comedy distances pain, but leaves signs of it everywhere.
Hope and despair ignore one another's cries.
Let's have some good, old-fashioned literature, with a virgin and a moral.
When I go out, I hope to leave the worst of myself at home.
Nothing is more cheerful than talking about our friends' shortcomings.