We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from... Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.

Make the upcoming hour overflow with joy, and let pleasure drown the brim.

Fruits that blossom first will first be ripe.

I will praise any man that will praise me.

Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Good wine needs no bush.