Nature is thought immersed in matter. . .

Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.

Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.

Easy come, easy go... "Achieve-everything-while-doing-nothing" schemes don't work, they are just not logical

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

When one becomes indifferent to women, to children, and young people., he may know that he is superannuated, and has withdrawn from whatsoever is sweetest and purest in human existence.

There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.