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

He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

Who needs forgiveness, should the same extend with readiness.

Life is a play.It's not its length,but its performance that counts.

The evil which assails us is not in the localities we inhabit but in ourselves. We lack strength to endure the least task, being incapable of suffering pain, powerless to enjoy pleasure, impatient with everything. How many invoke death when, after having tried every sort of change, they find themselves reverting to the same sensations, unable to discover any new experience.

I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.