The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
To a professional critic (I have been one myself) theatre-going is the curse of Adam. The play is the evil he is paid to endure in the sweat of his brow; and the sooner it is over, the better.
No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.
The minorities are sometimes right. The majorities never.
Wise kings wear shabby clothes, and leave the gold lace to the drum major.