When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare. - James Thurber

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, and the angels are all in Heaven, but few of the fools are dead.

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

Every time is a time for comedy in a world of tension that would languish without it. But I cannot confine myself to lightness in a period of human life that demands light ... We all know that, as the old adage has it, "It is later than you think." ..., but I also say occasionally: "It is lighter than you think." In this light let's not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness.