Enjoy the insult as you deliver it, before you learn its cost.

Proverbial wisdom counsels against risk and change. But sitting ducks fare worst of all.

Drunks conjure an endless drama from their bottles.

Modernized by tin roofs and T-shirts, Third World poverty is no longer picturesque.

Self-realization sounds good. But what if only an enraged dwarf emerges?

To be a social success, do not act pathetic, arrogant, or bored. Do not discuss your unhappy childhood, your visit to the dentist,the shortcomings of your cleaning woman, the state of your bowels, or your spouse's bad habits. You will be thought a paragon (or perhaps a monster) of good behavior.

God may be a human creation, but He goes His way, not ours.