There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.

Let your capital be simplicity and contentment.

In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by their weight again bent down and broke their tender limbs.

The world laughs in flowers.

It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain. I have had twenty-five or thirty souls, with their bodies, at once under my roof, and yet we often parted without being aware that we had come very near to one another.

For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it.

What recommends commerce to me is its enterprise and bravery. It does not clasp its hands and pray to Jupiter.