To wish for what another has can be innocent, even salutary; what eats away the soul is the wish that he not have it.
May 262022
May 252022
The best, and the worst, are never in it for the money.
May 242022
What do women want? Men who need not be told what women want.
May 232022
To improve discourse on social media, I am authoritatively informed, the enlightened must be kinder, more patient, and less patronizing with the unwashed.
May 202022
Separation of powers: each bureaucrat gets a tiny bit.
May 192022
Deontology for thee, but not for me.
May 182022
If the rich and accomplished were swine, they would be envied less. As it is, they are envied for being rich, accomplished, and not swine.
May 172022
Appointments are made with resignation and kept with foreboding.
May 162022
The null hypothesis is the dull hypothesis.
May 132022
A man with a fixed idea is like a small child with a secret — he tries to hide it but he cannot help himself, and before long some slight provocation will send it gushing forth.