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 asks with timidity invites a refusal.

The expression of truth is simplicity.

He that does good to another does good also to himself.

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.

You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.

The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.