Idleness makes people feeble and peevish. Work makes them stalwart and prone to anger.

Stupidity is a fact of life, but unmentionable. The new Prudery.

Malice is always authentic and sincere.

The smile of a politician is strong and friendly, but noncommittal.

Many attempt to harvest what was never planted.

The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has more threat than comfort.

With age, I have become both more pious and more shameless.