nobody is such a fool as to moider away his time in the slip-slop conversation of a pack of women..

My roses are my jewels; the sun, moon, and stars my clocks; fruit and water my fare..

Education is all paint - it does not alter the nature of the wood that lies under it, it only improves its appearance a little. Why I dislike educati….

Nature forms us in a certain manner, both inwardly and outwardly, and it is in vain to attempt to alter it..

It is only the vulgar who are always fancying themselves insulted. If a man treads on another's toe in good society, do you think it is taken as an i….

... I shall go on making sublime and philosophical discoveries, and employing myself in deep, abstract studies..