Some Would Be Sages If They Did

If You Are Wise, Live As You Can; If You Cannot, Live As You Would.

You Can Cultivate Taste, As You Can The Intellect. Full Understanding Whets The Appetite And Desire, And, Later, Sharpens The Enjoyment Of Possession.

A Prudent Man Will Think More Important What Fate Has Conceded To Him, Than What It Has Denied.

One Deceit Needs Many Others, And So The Whole House Is Built In The Air And Must Soon Come To The Ground

For A Thing To Remain Undone Nothing More Is Needed Than To Think Of It Done.