Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

Never put much confidence in such as put no confidence in others.

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.

Man is a mixed being, made up of a spiritual soul and of a fleshly body; the angels are pure spirits, herein nearer to God, only that they are created and finite in all respects, free from decay, free from the power of death, whereas God is infinite and uncreated.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept of the stretch.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.