Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.

After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.

An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.

I imagine it great vanity in me to suppose that the Supremely Perfect does in the least regard such an inconsiderable nothing as man. More especially, since it is impossible for me to have any positive, clear idea of that which is infinite and incomprehensible, I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both.

Hunger never saw bad bread.