There is an applause superior to that of the multitudes: one's own.
When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.
It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.
You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.
There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.