I think Eros should be dirty. In Greek legend, as I'm sure you are aware, he fell in love with the minor deity Psyche. It was the Greek way of saying that, in spite of what it may believe, Love pursues the Soul, not the body; the Erotic desires the Psychic. If Love was clean and wholesome he wouldn't lust after Psyche.

Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate

Life, that can shower you with so much splendour, is unremittingly cruel to those who have given up.

Nature admits no hierarchy of beauty or usefulness or importance.

Naturally I've known girlies form an attachment to the younger male before now, but in the tennis score of the bedroom most girls in my experience would rather Love Thirty or Love Forty than Love Fifteen. Men, of course, are a whole other issue; they start at Love All and stay there until they're dragged from the court

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?

It's extremely unlucky to be superstitious, for no other reason than it is always unlucky to be colossally stupid.