I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.

To make advice agreeable, try paradox or rhyme.

Maxims are sharp-edged half-truths.

Eccentricity gives misfits a way of fitting in.

My obsessions used to be my protectors, but now they have taken me prisoner.

In art, a dress is never just a dress; nor in life either.

Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art.