The only certainty is uncertainty
The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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.
Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.