If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.

Peace is freedom in tranquility.

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.

He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour.

To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace.