If it's true that our species is alone in the universe then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth those sanguine groundless hopes and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.