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.

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.