When alchemists first learned how to distill spirits, they called it aqua vitae, the water of life, and far from considering it the work of the devil, they thought the discovery was divinely inspired.
I can always tell if someone's from Harvard because they trot out their vitae. I would die at Harvard.
The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue. [Lat. , Semita certe Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae. ]