Women are the right age for just a few years; men, for most of their lives.

Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all, and vice only poorly.

Others settle for small rewards; the neurotic must always go for broke.

Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it.

Tragedy isn't getting something, or failing to get it; it's losing something you already have.

Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it.

Confession is good for the conscience, but it usually bypasses the soul.