"See one promontory, one mountain, one sea,..." - Quote by Socrates

“Be as you wish to seem.”

“What a lot of things there are a man can do without.”

“The rest of the world lives to eat, while I eat to live.”

“Those we call the ancients were really new in everything.”

“Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives.”

“A stranger may easily detect what is strange to the oldest inhabitant, for the strange is his province.”

“We are united with all life that is in nature. Man can no longer live his life for himself alone.”

“Activity conquers coldness. Stillness conquers heat.”

“The year is getting to feel rich, for his golden fruits are ripening fast, and he has a large balance in the barns, which are his banks. The members of his family have found out that he is well to do in the world. September is dressing herself in show of dahlias and splendid marigolds and starry zinnias. October, the extravagant sister, has ordered an immense amount of the most gorgeous forest tapestry for her grand reception.”