Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.
The past is ignorant of the present. Be careful in taking its advice.
Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports.
Lovers always believe one another's sleight-of-hand tricks.
If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.
Dirty old men, ignoring society, continue to follow nature.