With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The effect will be incalculably better.

No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene.

Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone.

Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.

You cannot judge by outward appearances; the soul is only transparent to its Maker.

Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.

It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in my day and generation.