Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.
Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.
Music dissolves the straight and narrow.
Loving, not the beloved, is the joy of love. The beloved, knowing this, most resolutely declines to be grateful.
Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.
The lion cares less about being king of the beasts than about finding his dinner.