Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.
Wit: a whim followed by a wham.
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth
Creativity is not a substitute for competence.
Natural Man, in our current version, is a disgruntled adolescent.
Pedagogical romances leave the mentor disgruntled, the pupil confused.