Unlike other vices, cruelty, alas, is never boring.
Most people find just being themselves not enough of a show.
Successful innovations become conventions.
At the dinner table, if you can't think of anything to say, sit quietly. Don't throw rolls, or chew on your napkin.
If a problem is insoluble, it is Necessity. Leave it alone.
No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime.