Tell the angel who will watch over your life to pray now and then for a man who, like Satan, believed himself for an instant to be equal to God, but who realized in all humility that supreme power and wisdom are in the hands of God alone.

If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.

Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.

That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?

On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.

In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God

Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.