The plastic surgeon's knife slashes at time, which may seem to retreat, but then keeps on coming.
Conscience is the moralized form of self-absorption.
If "there is no harm in asking," why guilt and fear when we do so?
Self-pity dries up our sympathy for others.
Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.
Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully