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All Men Possess In Their Bodies A Poison Which Acts Upon Serpents; And The Human Saliva, It Is Said, Makes Them Take To Flight, As Though They Had Been Touched With Boiling Water. The Same Substance, It Is Said, Destroys Them The Moment It Enters Their Throat.

As In Our Lives So Also In Our Studies, It Is Most Becoming And Most Wise, So To Temper Gravity With Cheerfulness, That The Former May Not Imbue Our Minds With Melancholy, Nor The Latter Degenerate Into Licentiousness.

The Depth Of Darkness To Which You Can Descend And Still Live Is An Exact Measure Of The Height To Which You Can Aspire To Reach.

Wine Refreshes The Stomach, Sharpens The Appetite, Blunts Care And Sadness, And Conduces To Slumber.

Our Civilization Depends Largely On Paper.