Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong.
Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.