Four criteria in effect are:

• 1. The words should form an understandable sentence.
• 2. The sentence should be true in the majority of possible worlds (i.e., should be aphorisms).
• 3. The words chosen should be as common within the language (English, in this case) as possible.
• 4. Each word of a sentence should begin with the same letter.

A - An amusing analysis actually alleviates anxiety.

B - By building barriers, beliefs become betrayed.

C - Casual candor can create catastrophes.

D - Dangerous dealings demand discretion.

E - Every earnest endeavor eliminates emptiness.

F - Fanciful feuds follow from familiar foundations.

G - Grand goals gather glorious gains.

H - Hurrying hastens heartache.

I - In ignoring imagination, industry is intolerant.

J - Jaded judgments justify jealous jabbering.

K - Kindness keeps knowledge's keys.

L - Laziness leaves little latitude.

M - Mentioning mistakes may make more misunderstandings.

N - Not noticing new nuances neglects nature's novelty.

O - Overlooking old obstacles often obscures opportunity.

P - Pompous policies poison potential partnerships.

Q - Quiet quests quicken queasiness.

R - Reason rarely regulates real randomness.

S - Suspicion seldom satisfies sensuality.

T - Trying to trivialize tenderness, the technocrat tarnishes the truth.

U - Utter ugliness unfolds under unjustness.

V - Violence voices very vacuous virtue.

W - While we welcome wisdom, we want warmth.

X - Xenophobia xeroxes Xanadu?

Y - Yesterday's yearnings yielded your youth.

Z - Zaniness zaps zealotry.

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