When Venus went to Jupiter seeking justice for her son, the chief god agreed to listen to the case and have the other gods judge it. Apollo was assigned to represent Love and Mercury to speak for Folly. Their voices are rough, their manner preoccupied, their faces uninviting, their eyes always fixed on the ground. The greatest pleasure that there is, besides love, is talking about it. Thus the gravest men take pleasure in hearing this sort of thing, even if they don't want to admit it.
All poets seem to want to talk about it.
It is because the minute that men fall in love, they begin to write verse. Mr. Wiseman will wait to be consulted and will be left all alone with his wisdom. No one will call him to govern cities. No one will summon him into council. He will want to listen, to go soberly where he has been sent for.