Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care; thus fruit follows the fair blossom, as honor follows a good life.

Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.

It is what we give up, not what we lay up, that adds to our lasting store.

The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it.

The goodness of God to mankind is no less evinced in the chastisement with which He corrects His children than in the smiles of His providence; for the Lord will not cast off forever, but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.

Lenity has almost always wisdom and justice on its side.

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