Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.

His only fault is that he has no fault.

Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man.

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.

The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.

Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.

The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.