Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.

Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world.

If you would be good, first believe that you are bad.

Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature but all things become so through habit

Whoever wants to be free, therefore, let him not want or avoid anything that is up to others. Otherwise he will necessarily be a slave.

Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.