One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.
You build your life around the fact that you are going to die, and then you don’t die.
It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.
When people talk to us about others, they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves, they are nearly always interesting.