All things tend to corrupt perverted minds.
Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.
If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.
The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.
That he who hath the loan of money has not repaid it, and he who has repaid has not the loan; but he who has acknowledged a kindness has it still, and he who has a feeling of it has requited it.
I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. . . It gives us a great insight into the contrivance and wisdom of Nature, and suggests innumerable subjects for meditation.