Suffering teaches us only that we suffer. Joy shows us which way to go.
Everyone knows that (1) happiness is the goal of life, and (2) happiness is a chimera.
Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.
Supermarkets depict abundance; boutiques exclusiveness; roadside stands authenticity.
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.
Small faults and virtues are for daily life. The big ones are for emergencies.