Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.

Narcissus weeps to find that his Image does not return his love.

I tried good taste, but the strain was too much for me.

Plato's Symposium shows that flirtation and philosophy can further one another.

After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.

Sweet smiles soften judgment. Sweet haunches unseat it.

Modern thought does not offer consolations, but upsets.