Conscience is the moralized form of self-absorption.
To avoid doing anything, wait for the right circumstances.
When poets go off the boil, they sound like bumble bees; when critics do, they sound like sewing machines.
Why is it forbidden in New York to acknowledge the charm and beauty of Los Angeles?
Lovers' quarrels are not generally about money. Divorce cases generally are.
Without asceticism, self-indulgence would be insignificant.