The thunder of false modesty was deafening.
The thing about opium is that it makes pain or difficulty unimaginable.
The best thing is the combined effect of nicotine with alcohol, greater than the sum of the two parts.
Have you ever been lonely? No, neither have I. Solitary, yes. Alone, certainly. But lonely means minding about being on your own. I've never minded about it.
A bit of the vagueness of music stops you going completely mad, I imagine.
Life can be lived at a remove. You trade in futures, and then you trade in derivatives of futures. Banks make more money trading derivatives than they do trading actual commodities.