I often accuse my finest acquaintances of an immense frivolity; for, while there are manners and compliments we do not meet, we donot teach one another the lessons of honesty and sincerity that the brutes do, or of steadiness and solidity that the rocks do. The fault is commonly mutual; however, for we do not habitually demand any more of each other.

If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself. Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

I stand in awe of my body.

At death our friends and relatives either draw nearer to us and are found out, or depart farther from us and are forgotten. Friends are as often brought nearer together as separated by death.

Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.