Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
Alcohol postpones anxiety, then multiplies it.
The hysterical find too much significance in things. The depressed find too little.
Lovers never want to say "I love you" at the same moment. Hence all the love stories.
Old men feel a slightly reluctant affection for one another.
Fluency avoids hard thoughts.