We are all wise for other people, none for himself.

What omniscience has music! So absolutely impersonal, and yet every sufferer feels his secret sorrow soothed.

Whilst the rights of all as persons are equal, in virtue of their access to reason, their rights in property are very unequal. Oneman owns his clothes, and another owns a country.

Let the soul be assured that somewhere in the universe it should rejoin its friend, and it would be content and cheerful alone for a thousand years.

Each of us sees in others what we carry in our own hearts.

It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor family, does not permanently enrich. They have served no apprenticeship to wealth, and with the rapid wealth come rapid claims which they do not know how to deny, and the treasure is quickly dissipated.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.