Father having fun fixing PC: Mother bored.

Children are blessed with extremely low standards when it comes to what they regard as fun or funny.

A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.

Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire to be a good business person, that is to say, to make as much money as they possibly can by maximizing their revenue while minimizing the cost of producing whatever it is that they sell.

Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.

We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.

After a certain point, all natural bodily changes are for the worst.

Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as beautiful as she is).

To evade arrogance, remind yourself (from time to time) that your talent or success could have been better. To be thankful, remind yourself (every now and then) that your illness or failure could have been worse.