The errors of the observer come from the qualities of the human mind.

Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.

Time itself is an element.

In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.

The happiest man is the one who finds happiness at home.

Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.