'Eat, drink, and love, what can the rest avail us?'

'Eat, drink, and love, what can the rest avail us?'
So said the royal sage Sardanapalus.

But Juan! had he quite forgotten Julia?
  And should he have forgotten her so soon?
I can't but say it seems to me most truly
  Perplexing question; but, no doubt, the moon
Does these things for us, and whenever newly
  Strong palpitation rises, 't is her boon,
Else how the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

Retirado de Don Juan