APHORISM : A SHORT, POINTED SENTENCE THAT EXPRESSES A WISE OR CLEVER OBSERVATION OR A GENERAL TRUTH The nicest thing about the future is . . .. that it always starts tomorrow. Money will buy a fine dog . . .. but only kindness will make him wag his tail. If you don't have a sense of humor .. . .. you probably don't have any sense at all. Seat belts are not as confining . .. .. as wheelchairs . A good time to keep your mouth shut is . . . when you're in deep water. How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark . . to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night? Business conventions are important .. . .. because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without. Why is it that at class reunions . .. . you feel younger than everyone else looks? Scratch a cat (or dog) . . .. and you will have a permanent job. No one has more driving ambition than the teenage boy (or girl) . . .. who wants to buy a car . There are no new sins . . . the old ones just get more publicity. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 a.m. . . like, it could be the right number. No one ever says "It's only a game" . . . when their team is winning. I've reached the age where . . .. 'happy hour' is a nap. Be careful about reading the fine print . . . there's no way you're going to like it. The trouble with bucket seats is that . . . not everybody has the same size bucket. Do you realize that, in about 40 years . . . we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos? (And rap music will be the Golden Oldies!) Money can't buy happiness . . .. but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Cadillac than in a Yugo . After 60, if you don't wake up aching in every joint . . . you're probably dead. Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind . . . and the ones that mind don't matter. Life isn't tied with a bow . . .. but it's still a gift.