It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to topple over.
Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.
Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.
Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.
Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.
A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.