To A Well Deserving Person

Every Man, However Wise, Needs The Advice Of Some Sagacious Friend In The Affairs Of Life.

Drink, Live Like The Greeks, Eat, Gorge.

Your Piping-hot Lie Is The Best Of Lies.

Know This, That Troubles Come Swifter Than The Things We Desire.

There's No Such Thing, You Know, As Picking Out The Best Woman: It's Only A Question Of Comparative Badness, Brother.