The aphorism offers a momentary sense of mastery over some confusion or unhappiness.
Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.
Loving, not the beloved, is the joy of love. The beloved, knowing this, most resolutely declines to be grateful.
Since we hate the same people, we should be friends.
To make advice agreeable, try paradox or rhyme.
Symbolism erects a facade of respectability to hide the indecency of dreams.