"There are proverbs galore! For example: 'The less you know, the better you sleep'-- isn't that it?
Proverbs are the material the stomach thinks with; it makes bridles for the soul, to be able to control it better.

What the stomach needs is a rest, and the soul needs freedom.

What letter is this ?" "M." "Yes, see how it sprawls.

And this ?" Straining her eyes and moving her eyebrows heavily, she recalled with an effort the forgotten letters, and unconsciously yielding to the force of her exertions, she was carried away by them, and forgot herself.

But soon her eyes grew tired.