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

Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.

Life is most delightful on the downward slope.

Unjust rule does not last forever.

No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.

Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be busy is a proof of happiness.

He, who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decides justly, cannot be considered just.