On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable: A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for it is true we may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.

All cats look gray in the dark.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Trusting too much to others care is the ruin of many.

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting

That there is one God, who made all things. That he governs the world by his providence. That he might be worshipped by adoration, prayer, and thanksgiving. But that the most acceptable service of God is doing good to Man. That the Soul is immortal. And that God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter.