The aphorism sometimes casts off cynicism and expresses strong feeling.
The aphorist is a hit and run artist.
The aphorism is a slippery plaything.
The aphorism wants to be at the same time both main line and off beat.
A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet.
To be thoroughly modern, an aphorism should trail off vaguely rather than coming to a point.
Like a frog, the aphorist waits for something to fly by that he can catch with his tongue.
The perfect aphorism would achieve classical balance and then immediately upset it.
Aphorisms are not true or false, but pointed or flat.
Finding a thought for an aphorism is not hard. Putting a kink in its tail is the hard part.
The haiku lets meaning float; the aphorism pins it down.
Aphorisms may equivocate, but they must not wobble.
Aphorisms know the angles, but not the structure.
The aphorism: a platitude that swerves, or slides all the way around.
Good places for aphorisms: in fortune cookies, on bumper stickers, and on banners flying over the Palace of Free Advice.
Once I find the right maxim to apply, I feel that I have done all that can be expected of me.
An aphorism that does not score is just one more sentence.
The aphorism offers a momentary sense of mastery over some confusion or unhappiness.
Aphorisms have never seduced anybody, but they have fooled some into considering themselves worldly-wise.
Energy falls just short of being joy.