The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win.

Do not wait for a reason to be happy.

Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking.

Wit: a whim followed by a wham.

I gulp down my pleasures, chew over my miseries.

Some eras worship infancy; some, the aged. None as yet has adored middle age.

It is not confused. We are.