The public is a hibernating bear, hard to awaken and fond of honey.
Aphorisms have never seduced anybody, but they have fooled some into considering themselves worldly-wise.
In middle age, going naked contributes little to public enjoyment.
The price of telling your troubles is having to listen to advice.
Wealth makes the laws that poverty must obey.
I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs.