Methodology is applied ideology.

The magic of procedure: do this after that and thus before so; then your wish will be granted.

To be thoroughly modern, an aphorism should trail off vaguely rather than coming to a point.

Astrology: do we make a hullabaloo among the stars, or do they make a hullabaloo down here?

An ardent lover often makes a cold friend.

Without the blessing of cowardice, the world would long since have been torn to bits.

If beggars do not hate the rest of us, they are even more abject than I had imagined.