Many pains are imaginary, but all joys are real.

I change my opinions often, but not my way of thinking.

Vanity is easily duped. Ambition, not.

Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.

The haiku lets meaning float; the aphorism pins it down.

Boredom strives to detach, but finds itself stuck.

Good books do not make people wiser or happier--only more conscious.