There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.
he who will not economize will agonize
If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.
He who is really kind, can never be unhappy