Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.
To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
No one who is in a state of fear or sorrow or tension is free, but whosoever is delivered from sorrows or fears or anxieties is at the same time delivered from servitude.
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.