When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings.
In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise.
In the present age, a man with harmonious ideas is regarded as out of touch.
A successful restaurant makes everything in it, including the patrons, seem a little better than they are.
Bored by safety, the lover grows jealous and exacting.
Men and women would be even more unhappy if they really understood one another.