Faults are soon copied.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be certain to re-appear.
We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest.
Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
It is sweet and right to die for the homeland, but it is sweeter to live for the homeland, and the sweetest to drink for it. Therefore, let us drink to the health of the homeland.
Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and teaches new means for the accomplishment of our wishes.