Artists have a right to be modest and a duty to be vain.
A man's jealousy is a social institution; a woman's prostitution is an instinct.
To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs.
Not greeting people isn't enough. One also doesn't greet people one doesn't know.
What are all the orgies of Bacchus when compared to the intoxication of someone who completely surrenders to continence!
Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most authorswrite works which are by the critics who write critiques about them.