Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.

Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.

Let the foundation of thy affection be virtue, then make the building as rich as glorious as thou canst; if the foundation be beauty or wealth, and the building virtue, the foundation is too weak for the building, and it will fall: happy is he, the palace of whose affection is founded upon virtue, walled with riches glazed with beauty, and roofed with honor.

It is the lot of man but once to die.

He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it.

Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.