You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good-but your rich foods block the gods' answer and tie Jupiter's hands.

You follow words of the toga (language of the cultivated class). [Lat., Verba togae sequeris.]

Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?

He who conquers, endures.

Bad advice is often most fatal to the adviser.

Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know it.

The belly is the giver of genius.

Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.

The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit.

Nothing can be born of nothing; nothing can be resolved into nothing.

Oh, the cares of men! how much emptiness there is in human concerns!

If you are opportunity oriented, you will find opportunities all around you. If you are problem oriented, you will see problems all around you.

You know, it's about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying - all these young books for women are like I'm 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can't get a date. Come on.

Prowling about the rooms, sitting down, getting up, stirring the fire, looking out the window, teasing my hair, sitting down to write, writing nothing, writing something and tearing it up...

Be nice to everyone and tell jokes.

Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who do not depend on it.

To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil with evil is evil.

It's my language, the language I speak. I've spent a lot more time playing music than talking or writing.

Kohaku aren't you afraid to die? No. Truly, there is neither fear nor hesitation in your eyes.

It is said that there's no such thing as a free lunch. But the universe is the ultimate free lunch.