Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.
The routines of tourism are even more monotonous than those of daily life.
A sheep who goes looking for a wolf is sure to find one.
Fame is fickle, but Obscurity is usually faithful to the end.
To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.
To be thoroughly modern, an aphorism should trail off vaguely rather than coming to a point.