Plant no tree sooner than the vine.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.

Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.

To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.

Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.

The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.

Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.

Fighting men are the city's fortress.

One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.

Such is the world that I can no longer bear to say prayers, for I am sick of speaking to the gods who choose to do nothingbut as they wish.

Shadows are our Dark Selves brought to Light.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

We all get stuck. We all lose ourselves a little bit in a fantasy or in our jobs and forget how we feel about other things. It's really important to check yourself, to spend some time alone.

If I called her she would pretend not to hear, but would come a few moments later when it could appear that she had thought of doing so first.

For some people, the way that they're perceived by the outside world is not a priority.

The richer a society, the more impossible it becomes to do worthwhile things without immediate pay-off.

Some, merely to contradict what I had said, did not scruple to cast doubt upon things they had seen with their own eyes again and again.

if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child.

The costs of government are bound to be much higher than those of the free market. . .The State cannot calculate well and therefore cannot gauge its costs accurately.

I know a girl, she been married so many times, she got rice marks all over her face