"Never go to excess, but let moderation..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.”

“The freedom of poetic license.”

“Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home.”

“I have three treasures that I cherish. The first is compassion. The second is moderation. The third is not claiming to be first in the world.”

“Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.”

“It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.”

“What should I do?" "Throw up in your typewriter every morning." "Yeah." "Clean up every noon.”

“I certainly do not adore the writer's discipline. I have lost lovers, endangered friendships, and blundered into eccentricity, impelled by a concentration which usually is to be found only in the minds of people about to be executed in the next half hour.”

“He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.”