We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.
Robert Frost: plain, strong, simple, and mean.
The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China.
The Muses inspire art and pretend not to notice when Mammon buys it.
Innovation violates tradition--attacks it in public and steals from it in private.
Imprudence gets us into more trouble than actual misdeeds do.