No one can remember himself as an unpleasant child.

With age, I have become both more pious and more shameless.

As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay.

Never try to leap from a standstill.

Aphorisms may equivocate, but they must not wobble.

Prudence suspects that happiness is a bait set by risk.

Folly always knows the answer.