Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.
Human nature is a scoundrel's favorite explanation.
To be thoroughly modern, an aphorism should trail off vaguely rather than coming to a point.
As the tenor roars his passion, I think sadly of my spreading middle, and his.
The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually.
Politicians love change, but of details only.