Ideas about life organize perception; names of emotions organize sensations; rules of syntax organize thought. But pain comes on its own.

Complaining is the favorite pastime of millions.

Retirement is a one-way trip to insignificance.

Procrastination and impatience form a system of checks and balances.

Lovers never want to say "I love you" at the same moment. Hence all the love stories.

The young are amazed when they suffer.

Folly always knows the answer.