Is there anything in the world more graceless, more dishonouring, than to desire a woman whom you will never have?
Free speech is unthinkable. All other kinds of freedom are permitted.
Envy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating it into tragedy. It is more than merely painful, it is disgusting.
Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.
An earthquake is such fun when it is over.