I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus Christ.

Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain.

‎It has ever been my fate to give pain to those whose happiness I should have promoted.

The spirit from which we act is the principal matter.

The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too strong tendencies for other affairs.

A king there was once reigning, Who had a goodly flea, Him loved he without feigning, As his own son were he!

If you are to accomplish all that one demands of you, you must overestimate your own worth.