The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.

He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.

Lack of desire is the greatest riches.

A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty

Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.

It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.

That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.