A straight oar looks bent in the water. It matters not merely that we see a thing, but how we see it.
I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
There is nothing useless in nature; not even uselessness itself
The profit we possess after study is to have become better and wiser.
Our wisdom and deliberation for the most part follow the lead of chance.
Wine is the benevolent god, who gives back gaiety to men and restores youth to the old.