Almost all the people who’ve had the most effect on me I seem to have met by chance, yet looking back it seems as though I couldn’t but have met them.
It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated.
Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.
I do not think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards.