Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.

Honey comes out of the air At early dawn the leaves of trees are found bedewed with honey. Whether this is the perspiration of the sky or a sort of saliva of the stars, or the moisture of the air purging itself, nevertheless it brings with it the great pleasure of its heavenly nature. It is always of the best quality when it is stored in the best flowers.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.

Man naturally yearns for novelty.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.