When a person puts his best foot forward and gets it stepped on, that's life.
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
Two can live as cheaply as one - if they both have good jobs.
Middle age is when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.
Cleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean.
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?