Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth
The tranquility of my room partakes too much of Forest Lawn.
The cues that arouse desire are changed by Fashion, but feel like the proddings of Nature.
Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow.
Sweet smiles soften judgment. Sweet haunches unseat it.
When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.