The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.
A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.
He that by harshness of nature rules his family with an iron hand is as truly a tyrant as he who misgoverns a nation.
Tis not the belly's hunger that costs so much, but its pride
All that lies betwixt the cradle and the grave is uncertain.
Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow.