King Kong, Count Dracula, and the Phantom of the Opera are just looking for love, like the rest of us.
A quick smile is more seductive than a slinky dress.
Retirement is a one-way trip to insignificance.
The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life.
Without asceticism, self-indulgence would be insignificant.
Wisdom knows when to return death's embrace.