There is a great probability that our loss of capacity for enjoying the positive joys of life is largely due to the decreased sensibility of our senses and our lack of full use of them. All human happiness is sensuous happiness.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.

What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?

I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.

Of the many rights of ladies, the best should be to be considered a mother.