Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.
Lies save trouble now, but may return in thunder and lightning.
Gossip is dying out because fewer and fewer people care to talk about anything besides themselves.
Profundity often goes past the issue to some deep but useless truth.
Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.
As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.