"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone."

"We are seeking a quiet life, but we are seeking it in a place where there is no rest."

"People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others."

"Little things console us because little things afflict us."

"If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter."