If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion takes away the scar. It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. He is not rich that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is not poor that enjoys little, but he that wants too much.

My virginity, that from my childhood kept me company, is heavier than I can endure to bear. Forgive me, Cupid, for thou art god, and I a wretched creature: I have sinn'd; but be thou merciful, and grant that yet I may enjoy what thou wilt have me love!

Grace comes often clad in the dusky robe of desolation.

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.