Antagonistic cooperation is the principle of all markets and many marriages.
In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise.
Rereading, we find a new book.
A beautiful woman peers out her window, as full of envy as the harridan who peers up at her from the street.
Once I find the right maxim to apply, I feel that I have done all that can be expected of me.
When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.