All the fame I look for in life is to have lived it quietly

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.

We are all of us richer than we think we are

There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.

In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.