That comes too late that comes for the asking.

If you would judge, understand.

No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.

I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

We learn not for life but for the debating-room.

As was his language so was his life.