Self-parody is the first portent of age.
Writing is a form of herding. I herd words into little paragraph-like clusters.
A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.
It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.