Rule of religion: purpose breathes even in dirt and stones.
Loving, not the beloved, is the joy of love. The beloved, knowing this, most resolutely declines to be grateful.
A skyscraper is a boast in glass and steel.
Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.
Anybody can lead a frivolous life. A frivolous writer, however, must have taste and intelligence.
An aphorism that does not score is just one more sentence.