My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I am merely being witty.

Complainers rule out happiness, mentioning it only as something lost.

The nonsense that charms is close to sense.

Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.

Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.

Rule of science: only exclude purpose, and Nature will reveal her causes.

Even boredom has its crises.