I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.

I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.

It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.

The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.

The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it is no longer thyme or marjolaine: so the pieces borrowed from others he will transform and mix up into a work all his own.

Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.

Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has lost nothing.