Amid a world of noisy, shallow actors it is noble to stand aside and say, 'I will simply be.

Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures.

I love a life whose plot is simple.

Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.

O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.

Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses.

All nations love the same jests and tales, Jews, Christians, and Mahometans, and the same translated suffice for all.