“The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense.”
“A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanations.”
“There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.”
“There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.”
“Never explain -- your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”
“The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.”