It is not worth the while to live by rich cookery.

It is far more independent to travel on foot. You have to sacrifice so much to the horse. You cannot choose the most agreeable places in which to spend the noon., commanding the finest views, because commonly there is no water there, or you cannot get there with your horse.

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!

The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.

We begin to praise when we begin to see a thing needs our assistance.