As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.