The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.

Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.

Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.

From the end spring new beginnings.

Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.

The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.

Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.