So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.
He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
Life is long if you know how to use it.
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.