I am forbidden sugar, fat, and alcohol. So hooray, I guess, for oatmeal, lemon juice, and chicken soup.
Young men preen. Old men scheme.
A work of art is an echo chamber which repeats what people say about it.
Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.
People who expect deference resent mere civility.
Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.