Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man.
...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.