Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it.

Tragedy is in the eye of the observer, and not in the heart of the sufferer.

Europe has always owed to oriental genius its divine impulses. What these holy bards said, all sane men found agreeable and true.

Prudence is the virtue of the senses. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life.

What you persist in doing gets easier. The task hasn't changed, but your ability to do it has increased.

Universally, the better gold the worse man. The political economist defies us to show any gold mine country that is traversed by good roads, or a shore where pearls are found on which good schools are erected.

Moderation in all things, especially moderation.