“This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed,…” — Thomas Traherne

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.

You never know yourself till you know more than your body.

More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.