“One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.”

“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, that will be enough.”

“Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.”

“Unquiet meals make ill digestions; therefore the happiness of a man's life is to be measured not by the great feasts, but by the frequency of his simple, pleasant repasts.”