Treat unhappiness as a defect and fewer would embrace it.
Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.
Sulking is silent because speaking would reveal its folly.
The best propaganda omits rather than invents
Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap.
Frivolous sorrow is folly. Frivolous enjoyment is not.