If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys.

Difficulty shows what men are.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.