Cynic' is the sentimentalist's name for the realist.
as the years go on a sense of deep patience comes over one; one seems to know the virtue of ripeness, and the danger of rushing events.
Shifting problems is the first rule for a long and pleasant life.
One cannot make up stories; one can only retell in new ways the stories one has already heard.
one sank into the ancient sin of anomie when challenges failed.
Ideas move fast when their time comes.