The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually.
The narcissist enjoys being looked at and not looking back.
Even in the midst of love-making, writers are working on the description.
Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious.
Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.
The lion cares less about being king of the beasts than about finding his dinner.