Piety, like nobility, has its aristocracy.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We learn to treasure what is above this earth; we long for revelation, which nowhere burns more purely and more beautifully than in the New Testament.

Toleration ought in reality to be merely a transitory mood. It must lead to recognition. To tolerate is to affront.

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.