Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.
The supposed unhappiness of the rich is always a cheerful topic of conversation.
Astrology: do we make a hullabaloo among the stars, or do they make a hullabaloo down here?
Anybody can lead a frivolous life. A frivolous writer, however, must have taste and intelligence.
Your flattery is as full of contempt as your insults were.
Modernism: the books are as hard to understand as life itself.