A Short Death Is The Sovereign Good

Contact With [menstrual Blood] Turns New Wine Sour, Crops Touched By It Become Barren, Grafts Die, Seed In Gardens Are Dried Up, The Fruit Of Trees Fall Off, The Edge Of Steel And The Gleam Of Ivory Are Dulled, Hives Of Bees Die, Even Bronze And Iron Are At Once Seized By Rust, And A Horrible Smell Fills The Air; To Taste It Drives Dogs Mad And Infects Their Bites With An Incurable Poison.

Simple Diet Is Best: For Many Dishes Bring Many Diseases, And Rich Sauces Are Worse Than Even Heaping Several Meats Upon Each Other.

Cats Too, With What Silent Stealthiness, With What Light Steps Do They Creep Up To A Bird!

The Great Business Of Man Is To Improve His Mind, And Govern His Manners; All Other Projects And Pursuits, Whether In Our Power To Compass Or Not, Are Only Amusements.

No Book So Bad But Some Part May Be Of Use.