Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.

The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.

Call on literary convention, and it will gladly tell your story for you.

Even alone we go on justifying ourselves.

Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.

Don't milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.

Idleness makes people feeble and peevish. Work makes them stalwart and prone to anger.