Man naturally yearns for novelty.

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

Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.

The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.

Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.

Honey comes out of the air At early dawn the leaves of trees are found bedewed with honey. Whether this is the perspiration of the sky or a sort of saliva of the stars, or the moisture of the air purging itself, nevertheless it brings with it the great pleasure of its heavenly nature. It is always of the best quality when it is stored in the best flowers.