"Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its..." — Quentin Crisp

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.