People who expect deference resent mere civility.

A goldfish is reason enough for living, if someone needs a reason.

Once wealth and beauty are gone, there is always rural life.

Profundity often goes past the issue to some deep but useless truth.

The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.

I pursue pleasure, but stingily, suspiciously.

Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.