The ancient philosophers, Chinese, Hindu, Persian, and Greek, were a class than which none has been poorer in outward riches, none so rich inward.
That man is richest who's pleasure are cheapest.
In a pleasant spring morning all men's sins are forgiven.
The dinner even is only the parable of a dinner, commonly.
How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
He is the rich man, and enjoys the fruit of his riches, who summer and winter forever can find delight in his own thoughts.