Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.

My ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic.

Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.

Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow.

I am never more myself than in my self-betrayals.

Thought enables us to see Fate coming.

In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.