Before Beginning, Prepare Carefully.

Were Floods Of Tears To Be Unloosed In Tribute To My Grief, The Doves Of Noah Ne'er Had Roost Nor Found An Olive-leaf.

We Cannot Employ The Mind To Advantage When We Are Filled With Excessive Food And Drink.

No Man Can Be Brave Who Thinks Pain The Greatest Evil; Nor Temperate, Who Considers Pleasure The Highest Good.

Every Man Should Bear His Own Grievances Rather Than Detract From The Comforts Of Another.

In Our Amusements A Certain Limit Is To Be Placed That We May Not Devote Ourselves To A Life Of Pleasure And Thence Fall Into Immorality.