To The Worker, God Himself

It Is In Adversity That The Good Show Their Friendship Most Clearly; Prosperity Always Finds Friends.

The Man Who Sticks It Out Against His Fate Shows Spirit, But The Spirit Of A Fool.

If A Man Rejoice Not In His Drinking, He Is Mad; For In Drinking It's Possible ... To Fondle Breasts, And To Caress Well Tended Locks, And There Is Dancing Withal, And Oblivion Of Woe.

I Sacrifice To No God Save Myself - And To My Belly, Greatest Of Deities.

Life Is Short; This Being So, Who Would Pursue Great Things And Not Bear With What Is At Hand? These Are The Ways Of Madmen And Men Of Evil Counsel, At Least In My Judgment.