With every physical pain, my moral fibre unravels a little.

Whatever is spoken of acquires a certain existence.

Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.

Couples who come to understand one another often part.

The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.

Dieting is our last tie with asceticism.

Inevitably, almost everything we say is either quotation or paraphrase.