Originality finds the unexpected but inevitable next step.

To be thoroughly modern, an aphorism should trail off vaguely rather than coming to a point.

Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.

Let's have some good, old-fashioned literature, with a virgin and a moral.

Travelling, I worry about luggage, prices, and strange food. At home, I am free to broaden my mind by thinking about the higher things.

Good places for aphorisms: in fortune cookies, on bumper stickers, and on banners flying over the Palace of Free Advice.

The banker rubs his nose, thinking of his cat stalking something on the lawn.