Good taste comes more from the judgment than from the mind.

Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

Pride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not so much to make them mend those faults as to make them believe that we ourselves are without fault.

A wise man should order his interests, and set them all in their proper places. This order is often troubled by greed, which putsus upon pursuing so many things at once that, in eagerness for matters of less consideration, we grasp at trifles, and let go things of greater value.

The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.

Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.