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

Of all wonders, this is among the greatest, that some fresh waters close by the sea spring forth as out of pipes: for the nature of the waters also ceaseth not from miraculous properties.

With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.

The brain is the citadel of sense perception.

In wine, there's truth.

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