The road to the inn is much better than the stay.

He who sings frightens away his ills.

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself.

The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.

She who desires to see, desires also to be seen.

Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot.Ê It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even.