Pain Narrows Consciousness; Pleasure Blurs It.

The Grand Style Is Available Now Only In Old Poems, Museums, And Parodies.

Every Path To A New Understanding Begins In Confusion.

Conscience Is The Moralized Form Of Self-absorption.

Healthy Vanity Sweeps Through Life. Sickly Vanity Lies In Bed.

I Put Second Things First, And Then Worry About First Things.