You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine.
Skepticism does not preserve us from foolhardy deeds.
Cruel impulses stir all about my kindly heart.
Telescopes and binoculars endanger the ever-distant sublime.
The banker rubs his nose, thinking of his cat stalking something on the lawn.
The negative always wins at last, but I like it none the better for that.