I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

Peace is freedom in tranquility.

Men do not realize how great an income thrift is.

I follow nature as the surest guide, and resign myself with implicit obedience to her sacred ordinances.

Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man.