Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.
I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
Jesus Chris was more than man.
Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.
Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man.