Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship.
Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.
He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.
What is dignity without honesty?
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.