Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.

He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments - is the rich and royal man.

To educate the wise man, the State exists; and with the appearance of the wise man, the State expires. The appearance of charactermakes the state unnecessary. The wise man is the State.

Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.

Manners are the happy ways of doing things.

Wisdom will never let us stand with any man on an unfriendly footing. We refuse sympathy and intimacy with people, as if we waited for some better sympathy or intimacy to come. But whence and when: Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.