Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.
Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.
Many a necklace becomes a noose.
We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism.
To have lived long does not necessarily imply the gathering of much wisdom and experience. One who has pedaled twenty-five thousand miles on a stationary bicycle has not circled the globe. He or she has only garnered weariness.
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.