Reversing a proposition rearranges its terms, but still keeps out new terms.
Aphorisms have never seduced anybody, but they have fooled some into considering themselves worldly-wise.
Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.
Boredom makes me sleepy or restless.
Heroes are born to be troublemakers.
The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story: the prototype of the bore.