If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.

What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.

He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.

Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.

I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.