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.

I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

Little by little old age renders the body less powerful.

A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

A true friend is a sort of second self.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.