Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.
Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.
We all like to see everybody make a profit... a very little.
Of all creatures on earth, we humans have the highest level of stupidity.
Getting even with somebody is no way to get ahead of anybody.
A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.