Literary criticism now is all pranks and polemics.
Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.
Weakness is a better teacher than strength. Weakness must learn to understand the obstacles that strength brushes aside.
Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one's behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.
Worrying is as futile as boredom, but harder work.
We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.