Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.
He is always a slave who cannot live on little.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets; ratifies and confirms our hopes; thrusts the coward forth to battle; eases the anxious mind of its burden; instructs in arts. Whom has not a cheerful glass made eloquent! Whom not quite free and easy from pinching poverty!