It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it..

The happier the moment the shorter..

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas)..

Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?.

Chance is a second master..

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy..

No book so bad but some part may be of use..

Their best and most wholesome feeding is upon one dish and no more and the same plaine and simple: for surely this hudling of many meats one upon ano….

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach..

There is alas no law against incompetency; no striking example is made. They learn by our bodily jeopardy and make experiments until the death of the….

War should neither be feared nor provoked..

Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber..

It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the mid….

I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lav….

As in our lives so also in our studies, it is most becoming and most wise, so to temper gravity with cheerfulness, that the former may not imbue our ….

When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it..

Better do nothing than do ill..

The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs..

In wine, there's truth..

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit..

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain..