We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it.
When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" — don't do it.
Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.
No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.
Altruism is a hard master, but so is opportunism.
To smoke or not to smoke: I can make of either a life-work.