There cannot live an unhappier creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others

The best rules to form a young man are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's opinions, and value others that deserve it

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

Holland is a country, where the earth is better than the air, and profit more in request than honor; where there is more sense than wit; more good nature than good humor; and more wealth than pleasure; where a man would choose rather to travel than t

Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.