I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man?s table, where one is fain to sit mincing and chewing his meat an hour together, drink little, be always wiping his fingers and his chops, and never dare to cough nor sneeze, though he has never so much a mind to it, nor do a many things which a body may do freely by one?s self.

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

The ass will carry his load, but not a double load; ride not a free horse to death.

Tell me what company thou keepest and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Dine on little, and sup on less.