Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.
Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.
Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking.
Rage is exciting, but leaves me confused and exhausted.
The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting.
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.
The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small.
Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.
Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered.
At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.
Don’t stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.
Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.
Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.
My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.
Other people’s beliefs may be myths, but not mine.
If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves.
In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.
Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them.
If the world would apologize, I might consider a reconciliation.