From the author of Oxymoronica, Viva La Repartee, and I Never Metaphor I Didnt Like, a fun compendium of time-honored wisdom beginning with the word if.

An aphorism is a pithy observation that attempts to communicate a truth about the human experience, often with a dash of wit. Samuel Taylor Coleridge once said, The largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms. And there is no doubt that historys greatest thinkers and writers have viewed the aphorism as a potent tool.