In love as in art, good technique helps.
Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.
In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.
Glamour looks eloquent but seldom talks.
Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?
After Voltaire: envy is chained to the portico of the temple of glory and can neither enter nor leave.