Masks are what they seem to be; not so the faces beneath them.
A modest demeanor arouses thoughts of seduction.
Profusion gives pleasure up to a point; then we become squeamish.
Lack of reciprocity ruins friendships, but makes love affairs exciting for a time.
Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.
Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.
If I play hard to get, soon the phone stops ringing altogether.
Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.
If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas.
Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.
Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.
When I try to portray to myself my heart's desire, nothing happens.
I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly.
Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape.
The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.
Manly men and womanly women are still here but feeling nervous.
The powerless worship Luck and Fate.
Nudity is the costume of lovers and corpses.
To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure.
Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.
After I have said what is required by my vanity and my morality, I may find a moment for Truth.
Truth is a necessary phantom.
The older we become, the more certain our future.
Dignity takes alarm at the unexpected sound of laughter.
I am open-minded on all questions I care nothing about.
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