The Brain Is The Citadel Of Sense

Simple Diet Is Best: For Many Dishes Bring Many Diseases, And Rich Sauces Are Worse Than Even Heaping Several Meats Upon Each Other.

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 Things.

Hope Is A Working-man's Dream.

A Short Death Is The Sovereign Good Hap Of Human Life.

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 Been Touched With Boiling Water. The Same Substance, It Is Said, Destroys Them The Moment It Enters Their Throat.