There is always something new out of Africa.

It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.

Among these things, one thing seems certain - that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.

Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.

When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.

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

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