True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.
There is no more expensive thing than a free gift.
The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.
How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
One should be ever booted and spurred and ready to depart.
Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.