To be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote.
Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably. . . .
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance.
Human happiness comes not from infrequent pieces of good fortune, but from the small improvements to daily life.
Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise
He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of most medicines.