On a farm the best fertilizer is the master's eye.

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

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.

In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.

....shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.

I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.

Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!