I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.
Having leveled my palace, don’t erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
Love is like the wild rose-briar Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?