A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source.
There is no thermometer for wants!
People who talk of new lives believe there will be no new troubles.
Death deceives relations often, and doctors sometimes, but the patient - never.
Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are!
Knowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed.