You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine.
The ugly can achieve an absoluteness beyond the reach of beauty.
Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.
I feel that I have something significant to say, but I cannot think what it is.
Youth demands more than ordinary life. Age clings to it.
Only the strong and the hopeful are able to revolt.