My aspiration now is to get by luck what I could not get by merit.
In love as in art, good technique helps.
Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation.
After I have said what is required by my vanity and my morality, I may find a moment for Truth.
Unlike life, when books become meaningless, they are making a point.
The rich are never as possessed by their riches as the poor are by their poverty.