It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.

I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.

Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.

It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Who is everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.