Once I find the right maxim to apply, I feel that I have done all that can be expected of me.

Like a frog, the aphorist waits for something to fly by that he can catch with his tongue.

Without asceticism, self-indulgence would be insignificant.

Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.

In New York, one must collapse to be indolent.

By multiplying ironies, I evade commitments.

Infallibility and invincible ignorance are the same thing.