A suburb is an attempt to get out of reach of the city without having the city be out of reach.
The rich are never as possessed by their riches as the poor are by their poverty.
As a dream comes true, it falls flat.
Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.
Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.
Doubt is long-winded. Certainty is brief.