The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually.
Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.
Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.
The Lady: a fluty voice, sensible shoes, a melancholy sense of living by rules few still remember.
Literature gives us a memory of lives we did not lead.
Jargon is part ceremonial robe, part false beard.