Irony dissolves sentiment, but occasionally a sentiment is strong enough to dissolve irony.
Maxims are sharp-edged half-truths.
Masturbation is a democratic pleasure, practiced by rich and poor, young and old, married and single.
In the museums, everything is in quotation marks.
In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners.
The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.