The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.
It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.
I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few; My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new.
It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.
Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending.