God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion.
As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
Human nature craves novelty.
The only certainty is uncertainty
I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.