Self-conscious? Try a wig, a corset, a veil, a beard. Or cultivate shamelessness.
People who behave at forty as they did at twenty must sometimes wonder why their charm is not working.
The man in the street is always a stranger.
Stupidity is a fact of life, but unmentionable. The new Prudery.
Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.
Not even self-love can always be counted on for support.