Laughing at our friends, we avenge the disappointment they have caused.
The irrational may be attractive in the abstract, but not in cab drives, dinner guests, or elderly relatives.
Old age learns about less after a lifetime of more.
Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.
In even the happiest love story, the World wins at last.