Either an ordered Universe or a medley heaped together mechanically but still an order; or can order subsist in you and disorder in the Whole! And that, too, when all things are so distinguished and yet intermingled and sympathetic.

Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.

How powerful is man! He is able to do all that God wishes him to do. He is able to accept all that God sends upon him.

Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of your own nature, without expecting to be paid for it?

Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.

Truth and ceremony are two things.

What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee.