He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.
No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic.