It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
It warms the blood, adds luster to the eyes, and wine and love have ever been allies.
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.
Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!
A woman is always buying something.