The grandeur of a philosophy does not certify its truth.
Modernized by tin roofs and T-shirts, Third World poverty is no longer picturesque.
No use saying necessity is making a mistake.
God has replaced sex as the unmentionable.
God may be a human creation, but He goes His way, not ours.
Memory is imagination pinned down.
The tranquility of my room partakes too much of Forest Lawn.
Civilization creates discontents; barbarism creates quick endings.
Some crave grief like strong drink.
Metaphysics keeps surviving its obituaries.
Adversity can strengthen us if it does not go on too long.
My reluctant charity shames both me and the recipient.
Fluency avoids hard thoughts.
Enjoy the insult as you deliver it, before you learn its cost.
Your flattery is as full of contempt as your insults were.
Aimless drifting also fulfills an intention.
Imagination awakens ambition, then causes it to lose its way.
Vanity is easily duped. Ambition, not.
Skepticism may undermine beliefs, but never belief.
Power makes gods. Virtue makes martyrs.
The life of pleasure breeds boredom. The life of duty breeds resentment.
We do justice coldly, injustice hotly.
Like other high subjects, the Law gives no ground to common sense.
As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.
Pain pays no attention to moans or excuses.
