Never Have I Been Able To Settle

The Most Important Things To Say Are Those Which Often I Did Not Think Necessary For Me To Say - Because They Were Too Obvious.

Chastity More Rarely Follows Fear, Or A Resolution, Or A Vow, Than It Is The Mere Effect Of Lack Of Appetite And, Sometimes Even, Of Distaste.

I Have Never Produced Anything Good Except By A Long Succession Of Slight Efforts.

I Can't Expect Others To Share My Virtues. It's Good Enough For Me If They Share My Vices.

But Can One Still Make Resolutions When One Is Over Forty? I Live According To Twenty-year-old Habits.