Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.
The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?
I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.
Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
