Who can you trust?

He had stylized himself--life was easier that way. He had chosen a physical mould just as writer chooses a technical form.

I can't talk you in terms of time — your time and my time are different.

It is the same in life: sometimes it is more difficult to make a scene than to die.

It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes.

It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.

If two people loved$$$ they slept together; it was a mathematical formula$$$ tested and proved by human experience.

Indifference and pride look very much alike$$$ and he probably thought I was proud.

Augustus ruled the world$$$ but Livia ruled Augustus.

As was the custom in such cases$$$ the pear tree was charged with murder and sentenced to be uprooted and burned.