Time and Chance

An hour later, lost and mudstained, you wonder how you got there in the first place. You don’t remember ever making a decision…it just…

The violent man is like a dragon sleeping on his horde of treasure—never able to use it, and never happy about it.

Most of the time, living with integrity turns out pretty well. Usually, illegal arms dealers do not live long, blissful lives, surrounded by beloved…

We do not naturally possess wisdom. Left to your own devices, you are not in good hands. There is something inside us that is…

The beginning of wisdom is to know that you don’t know.

You can rage yourself into exhaustion or whisper a warning, but the performance you can expect will always depend on the standards you enforce.

Appearances are deceiving. What is concealed is eventually revealed, and your sum total will be a loss of trust.

A fool will fail to grasp social complexities or care about anyone’s feelings except her own. You will find yourself stirring up a storm…

It’s going to get awkward if you assume your neighbor is burying a body when he’s preparing to plant some geraniums.

My mom used to bake Christmas cookies for our bus driver. Was that a bribe? If so, he might have hoped for better, despite…