It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.

If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.

No noble man ever hated good wine.

I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all--both old and young.

Plain as a nose in a man's face.