Many attempt to harvest what was never planted.

Unlike other vices, cruelty, alas, is never boring.

The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.

Shaw writes as if it were always midday.

Adversity can strengthen us if it does not go on too long.

Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.

Lonely people console themselves with self-absorption or curiosity.