But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people.

The man is best served who has no occasion to put the hands of others at the end of his own arms.

Being wealthy isn't just a question of having lots of money. It's a question of what we want. Wealth isn't an absolute, it's relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can't afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have.

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess

Whence do I get my rules of conduct? I find them in my heart. Whatever I feel to be good is good. Whatever I feel to be evil is evil. Conscience is the best of casuists.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

To try to conceal our own heart is a bad means to read that of others.