Passion cooks. Reason cleans.
The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.
Self-congratulation pleases only the speaker.
Dignity takes alarm at the unexpected sound of laughter.
It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.
The interest in Wisdom is fading. Soon there will not be enough left to support the aphorism, even though it tries to amuse by half-mocking the Wisdom it propounds.