Damn, muttered Opal, staring after him, guess he flunked charm school. - Charles E. Gannon

Zkhee’ah Drur the Elder had once observed that while one is yet alive to complain of misfortune, the greatest of all misfortunes has not yet occurred. But this turn of affairs seemed very close to disproving that ancient axiom.

It’s bad enough that you’re plying a trade for which you haven’t the aptitude or integrity, but you could at least check your conclusion against the facts.

Beings that can laugh at themselves, particularly their own foibles, stand the greatest chance of attaining wisdom.