The articulate, trained voice is more distracting than mere noise.

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.

The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.

Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

You are your choices.