Theory now: concern for truth must not hobble our discussion.
Beggars beg to get money, not to reproach the passerby.
Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.
A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet.
If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.
At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough.