Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.

Spite is never lonely; envy always tags along.

One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.

Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

Money is much more exciting than anything it buys.

Some women love only what they can hold in their arms; others, only what they can't.

We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?