Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.

You will do the greatest service to the state if you shall raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens: for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses rather than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses.

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature. the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.