Every lover's lament has an element of boasting.

Innovation violates tradition--attacks it in public and steals from it in private.

Futility has become a great subject, full of opportunities.

Complainers rule out happiness, mentioning it only as something lost.

A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.

Old among the young, poor among the rich, I adopt an air of indefinable superiority.

Good manners protect the privileged, but leave the unprivileged more vulnerable.