In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of course.

I court not the votes of the fickle mob.

Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.

This was my prayer: an adequate portion of land with a garden and a spring of water and a small wood to complete the picture.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

An undertaking beset with danger.