Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.
I've noticed that people who get married cease to be curious.
Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation.
Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
Those who come a hundred or two hundred years after us will despise us for having lived our lives so stupidly and tastelessly. Perhaps they'll find a means to be happy.