We may shut out reality but not memories.

The reality is hardly ever as pleasant as the imaginary.

To dream is happiness - to wake is reality.

Food, warmth and shelter are the essentials - the rest, to some degree, is luxury.

Only the truth really hurts.

In our pain we have no pity for others.

We weep for the beauty that could be and the horrors that are.

Expectation is the better part of realisation.

It is good to hope but foolish to depend on it.

We dislike many things in order not to dislike ourselves.

What attracts us to someone seldom binds us to them.

An iron chain or a silk cord can both imprison.

You can't fill your purse with dreams.

Try to be reasonable and it will be taken for weakness.

Only through violence may brutality sometimes be ended.

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

We can only impress ourselves.

We don't always wish to hear the truth.

Many kiss the baby for the sake of the nurse.

A man doesn't comfort a pretty widow just out of kindness.

Vows begin when hopes end.

The art of living is the avoidance of the unobtainable.

Freedom means responsibility - that's why most dread it.

A blind man won't thank you for a mirror.

Once something has been invented it cannot be disinvented.

Don't fear the weapon - fear the man.

Fantasy can't disappoint - only reality can.

What use is a sundial at night?

Anticipation is worse than the reality.