Change often makes accepted customs into crimes.
Drugs bring us to to the gates of paradise, then keep us from entering.
My mother's mild-eyed sadness looks at me from the eyes of those I love.
Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful.
The great advantage of a new friend is that we have not yet found one another out.
If I can't serve as a role model, let me serve as a warning.