You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.
Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.
Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not these whom you are in the habit of saying that they are mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?
Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
It is better to advise than upbraid, for the one corrects the erring; the other only convicts them.
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.