If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.
I criticize myself ruthlessly, but never mention the faults of which I am truly ashamed.
Fortuna likes to find a crowd and follow it.
The muse is blind as Cupid and skittish as Diana.
When courtesy fails, be nasty, brutish, and short.
Astrology: do we make a hullabaloo among the stars, or do they make a hullabaloo down here?