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.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Pardon is granted to necessity.

It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.

When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.