It had not gone to his head, but there was colour in his lean cheeks, his eyes were brighter than usual, and he felt the familiar exhilaration which he had missed of late.
"I have been drinking milk for ten days," he said with a smile, as he set down the glass.
"Good in its way, no doubt," Corbario answered genially, "but a little tiresome.

One should often change from simple things to complicated ones.

It is the science of enjoyment.

Besides, it is bad for the digestion to live always on bread and milk." "I don't live on that altogether," laughed Marcello.
"I mean it metaphorically, my dear boy.

There is such a thing as simplifying one's existence too much.