God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.
Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.
I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.
People are like birds - from a distance, beautiful: from close up, those sharp beaks, those beady little eyes.
The seven ages of man: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills and wills.
The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.