Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day.
The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.
Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.
Faith prefers the absurd to the plausible.
Politics inflame the passions in a way that few beloveds can match.
The rich are never as possessed by their riches as the poor are by their poverty.