"We are born once and cannot be born twice, but for all eternity must be no more. But you, who are not master of tomorrow, postpone your happiness. Life is wasted by delaying, and each one of us dies w…"

"The pleasure of the stomach is the root and source of all good."

"Natural wealth is both limited and easy to acquire; but the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach."

"The wise man, when he is in danger, laughs at the danger."

"The pleasure of the soul is superior to that of the body."