Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders, so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

The State is a poor, good beast who means the best: it means friendly.

What I need is someone who will make me do what I can.

Sugar is not so sweet to the palate as sound to the healthy ear.

The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his primitive activity. He stands close to Nature; he obtains from the earth the bread and the meat. The food which was not, he causes to be.

We know more from nature than we can at will communicate.

But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things.