Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday's excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.

The body oppressed by excesses bears down the mind, and depresses to the earth any portion of the divine spirit we had been endowed with.

Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.

I beseech you to treasure up in your hearts these my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.

No one is content with his own lot.