One eventually has enough even of oneself.

The poor live slow and hard; the rich, fast and easy. The rest of us shuffle along as we may.

Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged.

The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win.

Anyone who feels like a fool has made a good beginning.

King Kong, Count Dracula, and the Phantom of the Opera are just looking for love, like the rest of us.

Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.