"An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day."

"Sometimes I almost think that I am a pagan, and that I would rather worship the sun than any other god."

"I heartily accept the motto, — 'That government is best which governs least'; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which al…"

"I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society."

"I love my friends, but I do not want to absorb them."