Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.

The aphorism sometimes casts off cynicism and expresses strong feeling.

Curiosity is an asset mostly frittered away.

I gulp down my pleasures, chew over my miseries.

Street sign: Ho Hum Road & Easy Street In retirement, I look for days off from my days off.

Only the strong and the hopeful are able to revolt.

Intelligence without power cannibalizes itself.