He had, they said, tasted in succession all the apples of the tree of knowledge, and, whether from hunger or disgust, had ended by tasting the forbidden fruit.

He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

God created the flirt as soon as he made the fool.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

If you don't build castles in the air you won't build anything on the ground.

To rove about, musing, that is to say loitering, is, for a philosopher, a good way of spending time.