In wine, there’s truth.

It is best not to be born or to die as soon as possible.

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

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

Contact with [menstrual blood] turns new wine sour, crops touched by it become barren, grafts die, seed in gardens are dried up, the fruit of trees fall off, the edge of steel and the gleam of ivory are dulled, hives of bees die, even bronze and iron are at once seized by rust, and a horrible smell fills the air; to taste it drives dogs mad and infects their bites with an incurable poison.

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.

From the end spring new beginnings.

The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.

Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.

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.

Home is where the heart is.

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

There is always something new out of Africa.

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.

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