Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
What is easy is seldom excellent.
Love has no great influences upon the sum of life.
The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.