Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full vessel.

I teach that all men are mad.

Humble things become the humble.

This was my prayer: an adequate portion of land with a garden and a spring of water and a small wood to complete the picture.

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

Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?

From the egg to the apple.