When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.
In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for this own misdeeds.
The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.
What disturbs people, these are not things, but the judgments relating to things
Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.
A soul which is conversant with virtue is like an ever flowing source, for it is pure and tranquil and potable and sweet and communicative (social) and rich and harmless and free from mischief.