Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.
Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.
Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.
Revenge is sweet but not nourishing.
Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.
Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.
Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.
Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.
Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings.
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.
Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.
Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.
The only peace is being out of earshot.
Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
Commerce is greedy. Ideology is blood-thirsty.
In every death, a busy world comes to an end.
"Why not" is a slogan for an interesting life.