Life is used up all the same, whether we save, spend, or waste it.
The facts, even the real ones, must be imagined before they can be stated.
In ethics, prudence is not an important virtue, but in the world it is almost everything.
Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?
The most reliable pleasure afforded by theater is the intermission.
Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.