Money: in its absence, we are coarse; in its presence, we are vulgar.
Money is much more exciting than anything it buys.
A woman will do anything to keep a pretty figure, but hardly anything to get one.
We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.
Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how unresponsive their husbands are. Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy food, and forget how demanding their wives are. Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.
It's terrifying to see someone inside of whom a vital spring seems to have been broken. It's particularly terrifying to see him in your mirror.