Aphorism - a short, pointed sentence that expresses a wise or clever observation or a general truth.
From my friend Brian Stone
1. The nicest thing about the future is it always starts tomorrow.
2. Money will buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
3. If you don't have a sense of humor you probably don't have any sense at all.
4. Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.
5. A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
6. 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?
7. Business conventions are important because they expose people a company can operate without.
8. You can take some people to an orgy and they'll complain about the dip.
9. Stroke a cat and you will have a permanent job.
10. No one has more driving ambition than the teenage boy who wants to buy a car.
11. There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.
12. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 a.m. for example, it could be the right number.
13. No one ever says "It's only a game" when their team is winning.
14. I've reached the age where 'happy hour' is a nap.
15. Be careful about reading the fine print there's no way you're going to like it.
16. The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
17. Do you realize that, in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of older ladies running around with tattoos?
18. Money can't buy happiness but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than in a VW.
19. After 60, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you're probably dead.
20. Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind and the ones that mind don't matter.
21. Life isn't tied with a bow but it's still a gift.
22. Right of ways are always given, not taken.
23. Charming is an adjective, not a quality. -Kathy Werring Bonner-
24, The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese. -Tom Hermon-
25. No wrong turn, just another way to learn. -Joyce Prunty-
26. Most people will tell you to stop and smell the roses, but (I) suggest you stop and talk to the Gardner. -Ronald Jones-