To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes, to find how you look when asleep.
The wealthy seldom possess wealth: oftener they are possessed by it.
It needs as much generosity to take as to give.
Our comforts come from God; our sorrows, from ourselves.
As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.
Experience, if we only learn by it, is cheap at any price.