I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage.

So far as my experience goes, travelers generally exaggerate the difficulties of the way. Like most evil, the difficulty is imaginary; for what's the hurry?

A man has not seen a thing who has not felt it.

I am accustomed to think very long of going anywhere,--am slow to move. I hope to hear a response of the oracle first.

Simplify your life. Don't waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don't burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don't destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!