Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.

The answer to the question ‘How many children do you have?’ and the one to the question ‘How many children are you raising?’ are not identical in all cases: some men are not taking care of their own children, some are knowingly or unknowingly raising other men’s children, and some do not even know that they each have a child, another child, or other children.

Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.

Some people would not be dead if they have not gotten the things or people they had prayed for.

Some people are each envious of the person they used to be.

There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.

The only real reason that some relationships and marriages have not yet been ended is because in each case one of the partners has not yet found their ideal partner or someone they love or at least like.

Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that; they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise.

Not everything happens for a reason; we claim that it does for a reason: to console ourselves.