No one can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.

Most people fancy themselves innocent of those crimes of which they cannot be convicted.

We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. -Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur

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.

If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.

Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.

Light is that grief which counsel can allay.