No one can remember himself as an unpleasant child.

Don't sacrifice yourself for me. I will not be grateful.

If folly disappeared, wit would starve.

I feel affluent or not according to what part of town I am in.

Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.

I do not remember joy or sorrow in childhood, but listening for clues.

To remain mysterious, say little and do nothing.