“Obeying is like eating and drinking. There's nothing like it if you've been without it too long”

“Drink! live like the Greeks! eat! gorge!. (translator unknown)”
Bibite ! pergraecamini ! Este ! effercite vos !

“Just as eating against one’s will is injurious to health, so studying without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in.”

“Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”

“You have to eat before you drink! If you remember nothing else I've said tonight, remember to eat before you drink!”

“Sex is like a drink, it's bad to start brooding about it too early in the day.”

“Men drive off bridges and drink too much because of women like you.”

“Work like you don't need the money. Dance like no one is watching. And love like you've never been hurt.”

“Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.”

“This beautiful head [of Valentine Godé-Darel], this whole body, like a Byzantine empress on the mosaics of Ravenna - and this nose, this mouth - and the eyes, they too, those wonderful eyes - all these the worms will eat. And nothing will remain, absolutely nothing!”