Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?

Dreams are distorted representations of desire. So are dream- analyses.

Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.

What's the good of being stoical if nobody notices?

An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.

Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.

Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.