No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.
Most amusements only mean trying to win another person's money.
In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
The world is very lovely, and it's very horrible--and it doesn't care about your life or mine or anything else.