Loneliness is more likely to lead to fussy housekeeping than to grand views of the Universe.
Life is what it makes you.
Retirement is a one-way trip to insignificance.
Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.
Progress may feel more like loss than gain.
Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The Lover runs away.