The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.

I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it

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

Giving words [is] an act of lovers.

Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

Death is the vast perhaps.