The real enjoyment of fine wine is in knowing when you have had enough. A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. An optimist is a person who never had much experience. Though the mills of the gods grind slowly, they grind exceedingly fine. The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Denial is more than just a river in Egypt.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Logic is any line of reasoning that proves you are right. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes. It is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong. The trouble with lawyer jokes is lawyers don't think they're funny, and nobody else thinks they're jokes.