To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.
Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.
If you have no power, talk about your influence. If you have power, talk about the constraints that hem you in.
What is Providence for you may be Nemesis for me.
Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.
Learned researches lead to headaches, constipation, and befuddled quarreling.