Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
Hope is a working-man's dream.
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.
The happier the moment the shorter.
Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
Better do nothing than do ill.