“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?”

“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”

“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.”