Fortuna smiles and frowns according to a timetable surprising even to herself.
The banker rubs his nose, thinking of his cat stalking something on the lawn.
Freedom is the moment between sleep and waking before selfhood and the world return.
The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.
The same old thing--even if it's champagne--is still the same old thing.
A frog in love would not be enchanted to learn that her beloved had turned into Prince Charming.