To expel hunger and thirst there is no necessity of sitting in a palace and submitting to the supercilious brow and contumelious favour of the rich and great there is no necessity of sailing upon the deep or of following the camp What nature wants is every where to be found and attainable without much difficulty whereas require the sweat of the brow for these we are obliged to dress anew j compelled to grow old in the field and driven to foreign mores A sufficiency is always at hand

The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Forgive that you may be forgiven.

Let me therefore live as if every moment were to be my last.

Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.

Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.