Aphorisms have never seduced anybody, but they have fooled some into considering themselves worldly-wise.

I am skeptical in principle, gullible in practice.

After sixty, the self-questioning of middle age is obsolete.

Few artists can afford artistic temperament.

Wisdom knows when to return death's embrace.

Addicts turn their pleasures into vengeful Gods.

My regimen is lust and avarice for exercise, gluttony and sloth for relaxation.