It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

There are as many preferences as there are men.

When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.

My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.

Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in subjection.

I shall not completely die.