The most ferocious animals are disarmed by caresses to their young.
There are many tongues to talk, and but few heads to think.
Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow.
A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.
To be wicked does not insure prosperity - for the inn did not succeed well.
The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.