Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.

The cook cares not a bit for toil, toil, if the fowl be plump and fat

In Rome you long for the country. In the country you praise to the skies the distant town.

A man of refined taste and judgment.