The rich are never as possessed by their riches as the poor are by their poverty.

No one can remember himself as an unpleasant child.

Early every morning an old woman goes to the market to curse a grocery clerk, who curses back.

With age, I have become both more pious and more shameless.

Wit saves us from being swallowed whole by life.

A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings.

The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.