Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine.
Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
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.