The more powerless people are, the longer they are kept waiting.

The critic roams through culture, looking for prey.

We may eat dinner together, but everyone puts the food in his own mouth.

The real secrets are not the ones I tell.

People who expect deference resent mere civility.

A beautiful woman peers out her window, as full of envy as the harridan who peers up at her from the street.

I was once in love with books. Now they go their way and I go mine.