The vices of youth now exceed my powers, but not my fancy.
Being cultured is the least expensive form of respectability.
When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.
Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it.
Living alone is good for privacy, bad for full-scale cooking and moving heavy furniture.
I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs.