Nature is thought immersed in matter. . .

Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all.

Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.

A birthday is a good time to begin a new; throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.

Time ripens the substance of a life as the seasons mellow and perfect its fruits. The best apples fall latest and keep longest.

Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.