» That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
» Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.
» If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
» Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
» He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent.
» The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.
» Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
» Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.
» Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation. and honor the reward of action.
» No cross no crown.