Being charming takes time and effort, and I am busy.
Inevitably, almost everything we say is either quotation or paraphrase.
Change is upsetting. Repetition is tedious. Three cheers for variation!
Austerity causes constipation; excess, diarrhea.
New York is full of abandoned churches. A Godless city, but full of superstitions on every subject--art, money, sex, food, health.
Narcissus weeps to find that his Image does not return his love.