All art is but imitation of nature.

All art is but imitation of nature.

That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this - that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.

For greed all nature is too little.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.