Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.- Mason Cooley
Young men preen. Old men scheme.
Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.
Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them.
Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.
Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?
While we are reading, we are all Don Quixote.
While there's life, there's fear.
When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.
When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.
What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.
Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.
