Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.
Happiness lies in the fulfillment of the spirit through the body.
The books I haven't written are better than the books other people have.
The more I see of life the more I perceive that only through solitary communion with nature can one gain an idea of its richness and meaning.
If one is too lazy to think, too vain to do a thing badly, too cowardly to admit it, one will never attain wisdom.
Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.