An orator of past times declared that his calling was to make small things appear to be grand.
Writing does not cause misery. It is born of misery.
You have your face bare; I am all face.
One may be humble out of pride.
Health is a precious thing, and the only one, in truth, meriting that a man should lay out not only his time, sweat, labor and goods, but also life itself to obtain it.
Long life, and short, are by death made all one; for there is no long, nor short, to things that are no more.