We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand.
It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.
Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty.
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
Only the heart without a stain knows ease.
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.