Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife that shall be my master.]