For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them is not as good as having them.
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.
The look of a king is itself a deed.
A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.
The romance of life begins and ends with two blank pages. Age and extreme old age.