People going to see the Mona Lisa, not to look at it, but because it's the Mona Lisa

By the time you figure out how the world really works, you've already lost about everything you'd hope to keep

People who are too sensitive go crazy, remember that

A man's life will not come again, once it has slipped through his teeth. And no power on earth can bring it back. This is the mortal law. Then no longer will his bones be held together by wet sinews. Then no longer the soul flutter in his mouth. But by Death's blazing light, he is ground out and spent.