Ironic and jittery, we are puzzled by the old heroes with their fighting, boasting, and cocksure lovemaking.

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.

Beggars market their incapacity.

The past is ignorant of the present. Be careful in taking its advice.

Astrology: do we make a hullabaloo among the stars, or do they make a hullabaloo down here?

Rule of criticism: only attend to the shape, and the purpose will manifest itself.

Lovers always believe one another's sleight-of-hand tricks.