As the tenor roars his passion, I think sadly of my spreading middle, and his.

Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.

Belief forages, moving from pasture to pasture.

In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.

Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.

Our public monuments are memorials to the Enlightenment.

I am plain-speaking out of both sides of my mouth.