Yearning Wants Mostly To Perpetuate Itself.

A Sense Of Absurdity Interferes With My Efforts To Appear Venerable.

Self-satisfaction And Self-pity Are Both Condemned. What Are People Permitted To Feel About Themselves?

Pride Sings And Dances; Humility Sighs.

Without Asceticism, Self-indulgence Would Be Insignificant.

Finding A Thought For An Aphorism Is Not Hard. Putting A Kink In Its Tail Is The Hard Part.