"Nature herself makes the wise man rich."

"As the old proverb says 'Like readily consorts with like.'"

"He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason."

"A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age."

"In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body."

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."

"God is self-evident, impersonal, omniscient, the Knower and the Master of nature, the Lord of all. He is behind all worship and it is being done according to Him, whether we know it or not."

"The only people who seem to have nothing to do with the education of the children are the parents."

"Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity."

"Life would be tolerable but for its amusements."

"Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fool reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven."

"People who keep journals have life twice."