Man is the artificer of his own happiness. Henry David Thoreau, Journal, January 21, 1838
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862) The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure. Jean Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762
French political philosopher (1712 - 1778) Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it. Cicero, On Friendship, 44 B.C.
Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC) Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection. Sir Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, 1605
English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 - 1626) Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste, 1825
French gourmet & lawyer (1755 - 1826) Be not the first by whom the new are tried,<br> Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, 1711
English poet & satirist (1688 - 1744) The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. Lord Chesterfield, Letters to His Son, 1746, published 1774
(1694 - 1773) A witty saying proves nothing. Voltaire
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791
Scottish author & biographer (1740 - 1795) Goodness is the only investment that never fails. Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Higher Laws, 1854
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