Artistic inspiration ignores the law of supply and demand.
Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one's behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.
Alone, lonely people talk to themselves. In company, they often continue.
Metaphors convince at once or not at all.
Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference.
Self-congratulation pleases only the speaker.