The aphorism: a platitude that swerves, or slides all the way around.
The young break rules for fun. The old for profit.
Matter-of-fact descriptions make the improbable seem real.
'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'
When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings.
Wit saves us from being swallowed whole by life.