Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.

I want death to find me planting my cabbages.

Desire and hope will push us on toward the future.

And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?

Take care that old age does not wrinkle your spirit even more than your face.

Let every foot have its own shoe.

It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.