Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?

The rich feel full of merit.

To be thoroughly modern, an aphorism should trail off vaguely rather than coming to a point.

For some, bottles of liquor gleam like the towers of Eldorado.

Money comes to life as it is spent.

I am never more myself than in my self-betrayals.

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