When courtesy fails, be nasty, brutish, and short.
Revenge is sweet but not nourishing.
Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap.
The desire to be significant casts a pall.
Sexual boredom is ousting sexual deviance as the problem.
Everyone knows that (1) happiness is the goal of life, and (2) happiness is a chimera.