Death is just around the corner. If only it would stay there.
The smile of a politician is strong and friendly, but noncommittal.
The morose one refuses to smile even when he has just had his teeth cleaned.
Many count on their disadvantages to cover for them.
Posterity--the forlorn child of nineteenth century optimism--grows ever harder to conceive.
Talent shuffles the deck. Genius brings a new deck.