Retain the wind by compressing the belly.
The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.
By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.
Given a choice between a folly and a sacrament, one should always choose the folly—because we know a sacrament will not bring us closer to god and there’s always the chance that a folly will.
[N]o party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.