Intellectuals have opinions on subjects they just heard about five minutes ago.
A well-paid occupation is seldom spoken of as "rewarding.
Promiscuity turns sex into a sport, like arm-wrestling.
Looking backward at what has been lost, I feel sad, then indifferent, and at last relieved.
Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.
Abyss-mongering makes professors and poets feel daring.