Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.

I feel disappointed, but I don't remember just what I expected.

Fame now wears the halo that once crowned holiness.

Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.

When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.

If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas.

In new situations, I look carefully at appearances. In familiar ones, I glance.