This caught my eye from the Southbank Centre shop, it's a box of Twenty Aphorisms printed on A5 cards which you can post to friends or stick up around the house. Produced by the philosophical/cultural enterprise that is The School of Life they also do other stationery items including One Hundred Questions handy smart cards if you're ever short of small talk. Fun. Thoughtful. Entertaining. And good cheat sheets for when your brain is still on the beach.