Machismo makes no provision for preparing lunch, doing the laundry, or minding the baby.

The same old thing--even if it's champagne--is still the same old thing.

Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.

I would like to be a figment of my own imagination, but belly and bowels will not permit.

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

Machismo makes no provision for preparing lunch, doing the laundry, or minding the baby.

Illusions are hazardous, and so are disillusions.