Nobody knows the trouble I've seen: even less, the trouble I've successfully avoided.
Tolerance is a placid contempt.
Even boredom has its crises.
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.
Free competition exists inside shelters of law, custom, insurance, political approval, and carefully protected status.
If you do not throw in a few promises of better things to come, gloomy one, I am going to take you back to the library.