Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.
La lecture nous donne un endroit où aller quand nous devons rester où nous sommes.
Mason Cooley
Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.
Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.
Regret for wasted time is more wasted time
Timidity keeps me safe and sad in a narrow room.
Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book.
Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.
Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.
People may show jealousy, but hide their envy.
Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.
When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.
Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.
The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.
Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves.
Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.
I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.
Don’t milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.
In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.
