Finding a thought for an aphorism is not hard. Putting a kink in its tail is the hard part.

Both faith and cynicism make judgment too easy.

Vulgarity is innocent; urbanity is not.

Beauty is lyrical. Ugliness is elegiac.

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

Money comes to life as it is spent.

Hope likes justification, but can do without.