Don't milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.
Being cultured is the least expensive form of respectability.
New York is full of abandoned churches. A Godless city, but full of superstitions on every subject--art, money, sex, food, health.
Charity does not like arithmetic; selfishness worships it.
Sorrow also fulfills Desire. Example: the Soaps.
Style disdains comfort and is always ready to sacrifice virtue.