...shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle. Indeed of the whole realm of Nature the sea is in many ways the most harmful to the stomach, with its great variety of dishes and tasty fish.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.
The happier the moment the shorter.
The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.