He who lives wisely to himself and his own heart looks at the busy world through the loopholes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray.
The youth is better than the old age of friendship.
True friendship is self-love at second-hand.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.
Good temper is one of the great preservers of the features.