Money is a strange thing. It ranks with love as our greatest source of joy, and with death as our greatest source of anxiety.

Before borrowing money from a friend it's best to decide which you need most.

A simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some.

If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people He gives it to.

Besides, the story is ambivalent and mysterious in its ending. Is this Alkestis returning from down below? Why does she have a veil over her face? Could it be that when we forcefully bring back to life what has been lost through love what we get is only a shate of its former reality? Maybe we can never succeed fully in restoring the soul to life. Maybe she will always be veiled and at least partially shielded from the rigors of actual life. Love demands a submission that is total.

I love British cursing - the cadence of it, the joy in the sound of the words, and the vulgarity of it.