Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
All things must change to something new, to something strange.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Food is the most primitive form of comfort.
[The body is] a marvelous machine…a chemical laboratory, a power-house. Every movement, voluntary or involuntary, full of secrets and marvels!
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
Simplicity is the peak of civilization.