APHORISMS
A collection of pithy remarks, witticisms, comment and advice from 60 years of fertile penmanship
Whatever is free is grossly overpriced
Advice that is free is worth every penny
When life hands you a freebie, keep an eye open for the subsequent invoice
A surface concern may disguise a deep-seated anxiety
If we listen too hard, we are liable to hear our own thoughts
The most insidious form of flattery is self-deception
If it hurts, why do it?
Your emails and texts are so much nicer than you are
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery, today is reality
My obituary will read: I intend to live long enough to read this obituary
Life is all stings and gadabouts
Just think how lucky you may be that you didn't get what you asked for.
Listen to the harmonics as well as the notes
Genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum
I'm housebound by choice. Wherever I go, I shall still be there, so why bother?
I talk to myself a lot. That way I can enjoy intelligent conversation
I used to have such high hopes; but I quarrelled all the time.
"Now that I've discarded expectorations, spats are a thing of the past," he said phlegmatically
Nostalgia never predicted anything correctly
"Corrie" is only soap-opry, but a good book is a read.
Not only should your reach exceed your grasp, as Browning would have it, but your love should exceed your need.
What you may have had to give up is less important than what you may have gained
We are all pilgrims on life's road, but some of us do not use the same map
Reaching a conclusion means that I just stopped trying