Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.

Life's most precious gift is uncertainty.

If life were eternal, all interest and anticipation would vanish. It is uncertainty which lends it fascination.

Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.

Even members of the nobility, let alone persons of no consequence, would do well not to have children.

On a moonlit night, after a snowfall, or under cherry blossoms, it adds to our pleasure if, while chatting at our ease, we bring forth the wine cups.

If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.