I do not know why one should not hunt two hares even in the literal sense....

If one wants to lead a good life, A HUMAN LIFE, one must work.

There isn't a Monday that would not cede its place to Tuesday.

Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood!

It's even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday.

[In] death at least there would be one profit; it would no longer be necessary to eat, to drink, to pay taxes, or to [offend] others; and as a man lies in his grave not one year, but hundreds and thousands of years, the profit was enormous. The life of man was, in short, a loss, and only his death a profit.

A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.