When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.
Explanations comfort us by giving the impression that there is an order in things.
Boredom, not the will, is the mother of change. Necessity is the father.
Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.
The bathroom scale knows nothing of extenuating circumstances.
A restaurant with candles and flowers evokes more reveries than the Isle of Bali does.