Who said “Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.”?

“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”

“For there is no such thing as perpetual Tranquility of mind, while we live here; because Life it selfe is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.”

“Tranquility is the old man's milk.”

“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.”

“The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.”

“No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.”

“Imprisoned in every fat man, a thin one is wildly signaling to be let out.”

“There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.”

“The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.”

“Youth is a period of missed opportunities.”