The muse is blind as Cupid and skittish as Diana.
The Ordinary Life: the misery seems planned, the happiness accidental.
Small faults and virtues are for daily life. The big ones are for emergencies.
Alzheimer's usually comes later than AIDS, but I decline to call that progress.
Dieting is our last tie with asceticism.
Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.