Most books now say our sun is a star. But it still knows how to change back into a sun in the daytime. Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalities, but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant. Most of our suspicions of others are aroused by our knowledge of ourselves. Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Mrs. Squiffy decided to have her portrait painted. It's in case I should die before my husband. I'm sure he will remarry, and I want his new wife to go nuts looking for the jewelry. Murphy's Law isn't recursive. Washing your car to make it rain doesn't work.