All men possess in their bodies a poison which acts upon serpents; and the human saliva, it is said, makes them take to flight, as though they had be….

The world, and whatever that be which we call the heavens, by the vault of which all things are enclosed, we must conceive to be a deity, to be etern….

Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at..

Made up of the glories of the most precious gems, to describe them is a matter of inexpressible difficulty. For there is amongst them the gentler fir….

Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life..

On a farm the best fertilizer is the master's eye..

Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do no….

Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations..

The human features and countenance, although composed of but some ten parts or little more, are so fashioned that among so many thousands of men ther….

The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees..

This only is certain, that there is nothing certain..

We live by reposing trust in each other..

The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred..

Truth comes out in wine..

Our civilization depends largely on paper..

It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper seaso….

Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all t….

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from fo….

....shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle..

No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments..

Many dishes bring many diseases..