| Call no man happy till he is dead. |
| It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane. |
| Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure. |
| Do not taste food while you're cooking. You may lose your nerve to serve it. |
| To wish to be well is a part of becoming well. |
| Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age - as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight. |
| Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things. |
| The man who has the largest capacity for work and thought is the man who is bound to succeed. |
| Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. |
| Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. |
