There is Homeric feasting throughout the farm. They all bite with teeth as good as those of Menelaus.
The greatest blessings are pure blood, steeled sinews and strong nerves.
But he who, besides these, possesses a quiet conscience, is the happiest of creatures.
I love the twilight--day fading into night. He who lives in communion with nature is the only one whose life does full justice to each day.
Man is the only being who lives, far into the night. Light and fire makes us what we are.
Schnabelsdorf the omniscient, once said: "The hour at which men retire is the measure of their civilization."
At court, they are just sitting down to dinner. They are joking and laughing, and telling each other anecdotes. If I were suddenly to appear among them?
No, I shall not disturb ye!