Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow.

Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.

The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.

Laughter and tears may not persuade, but they cannot be refuted.

Sophistication knows the score, but is powerless to change it.

Nature often seems like an idea that has had its day.

A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet.