Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations..

Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing..

Please not thyself the flattering crowd to hear; 'Tis fulsome stuff, to please thy itching ear. Survey thy soul, not what thou does appear, But what ….

Oh, the cares of men! how much emptiness there is in human concerns!.

You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good-but your rich foods block the gods' answer and tie Jupiter's hands..

Indulge, and to thy genius freely give, For not to live at ease is not to live..

The belly is the giver of genius..

Live according to your income..

Bad advice is often most fatal to the adviser..

Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention. -Magister artis ingenique largitor Venter.

Quantum est in rebus inane! How much folly there is in human affairs..

O natal star, thou producest twins of widely different character. [Lat., Geminos, horoscope, varo Producis genio.].

Check disease in its approach..

Confined to common life thy numbers flow, And neither soar too high nor sink too low; There strength and ease in graceful union meet, Though polished….

Lives there the man with soul so dead as to disown the wish to merit the people's applause, and having uttered words worthy to be kept in cedar oil t….

The stomach is the teacher of the arts and the dispenser of invention..

It is pleasing to be pointed at with the finger and to have it said, "There goes the man." [Lat., At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier his est.].

Oh, what a void there is in things..

Each man has his fancy..