As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.
The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a cloud.
When money disappears, we soon understand the power of absence.
The mind scolds the heart, which makes excuses and goes its own way.
Asceticism and celibacy can conceal many incapacities.
Youth demands more than ordinary life. Age clings to it.