Don't borrow trouble. The interest is too high.
You can't drown your troubles ... because troubles can swim.
Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.
That's what a conscience is made of, scar tissue ... Little strips and pieces of remorse sewn together year by year until they formed a distinctive pattern, a design for living.
People, alas, are more impressed by statistics than they are by ideas.
Any good marriage involves a certain amount of play-acting.