Without TV, it's hard to know when one day ends and another begins.

Life and death are balanced as it were on the edge of a razor

It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most.

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.

Why cover the same ground again? ... It goes against my grain to repeat a tale told once, and told so clearly.

Wine gives strength to weary men.