Sometimes the only way to become grounded is to hit bottom.

Failures are easier to repeat than successes.

The irrational may be attractive in the abstract, but not in cab drives, dinner guests, or elderly relatives.

Family romances are the only ones that never turn out happily.

Self-absorption intensifies isolation, but permits it to go unnoticed.

The supposed unhappiness of the rich is always a cheerful topic of conversation.

Wit puts politicians at risk.