A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.

I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me.

The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced.

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

And I loathe people who find it harder to put up with a gown askew than with a soul askew and who judge a man by his bow, his bearing and his boots.

I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so.