The Javelin-snake Amphiptere Hurls Itself

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

Chance Is A Second Master.

Made Up Of The Glories Of The Most Precious Gems, To Describe Them Is A Matter Of Inexpressible Difficulty. For There Is Amongst Them The Gentler Fire Of The Ruby, There Is The Rich Purple Of The Amethyst, There Is The Sea-green Of The Emerald, And All Shining Together In An Indescribable Union. Others, By An Excessive Heightening Of Their Hues Equal All The Colours Of The Painter, Others The Flame Of Burning Brimstone, Or Of A Fire Quickened By Oil.

To Laugh, If But For An Instant Only, Has Never Been Granted To Man Before The Fortieth Day From His Birth, And Then It Is Looked Upon As A Miracle Of Precocity.

We Ought To Be Guarded Against Every Appearance Of Envy, As A Passion That Always Implies Inferiority Wherever It Resides.