Comedy is hostile to profundity, and brings everything to the surface.
Change is upsetting. Repetition is tedious. Three cheers for variation!
Human nature is a scoundrel's favorite explanation.
Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise.
Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.
In adding up her assets, the ambitious lady calculated the worth of her beautiful body as coldly as everything else.