Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?

We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.

The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.

Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.

I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.