Talent shuffles the deck. Genius brings a new deck.
The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life.
As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.
Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.
Your vanity and my vanity will never be friends.
Don Juan tries not to see the skeptical winks that greet his boasting.