"If I am not I, who will be?"

"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth."

"I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders."

"What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?"

"The government is best which governs not at all."