There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.

I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.

It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

A man with nothing to lend should refrain from borrowing.

Let every foot have its own shoe.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.