And a Set of Newer Aphorisms:

People are either weathervanes or stubborn, depending on whether they ever change their opinions.

Words that are too grand only highlight the speaker’s smallness.

Sometimes it would be better to write forgottens than memoirs.

The hardest place to clean at home is your own computer.

A hunger for culture is never fully satisfied.

It’s more comfortable to argue with someone familiar than with a stranger.

A person doesn’t have a ”best before” date.

The mirror reflects the answer to many of our problems.

It’s easy to present a neat façade to the outside world because even a thin layer of polish will suffice.