Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

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.

Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?

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

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

From the end spring new beginnings.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

In wine, there's truth.

the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.

Grief embraced him and welcomed him back, showering tears upon his arrival.

You young men of the priesthood, resolve to live the way you should. Don't be caught up in some of the silly things that are going on in the world, but bear in mind what has been given to you.

I am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the Vault in less than three days after I am dead.... Tis well.

When you need a friend most is when no one is cheering.

Fear and creativity don't mix well.

What good is it to look like Tarzan and play like Jane?

Too many things are occurring for even a big heart to hold.

Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.

Buy a stock, if it goes up, sell it, if it goes down, don't buy it.