When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
The lover as baby is a less troubling idea than the baby as lover.
Lawyers may reason powerfully, but power settles most issues.
My mentors grow old and foolish. I am afraid.
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.
The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.