A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet.
It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.
As a dream comes true, it falls flat.
Rereading, we find a new book.
Aphorisms are not true or false, but pointed or flat.
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.