Change amuses the mind, but rarely profits.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Are we not also married to conscience which we would love to get rid of often enough since it is more bothersome than a man or a woman ever could become?

When she sees the leaves fall, they raise no other idea in her mind than that winter is approaching.

It is natural to man to regard himself as the object of the creation, and to think of all things in relation to himself, and the degree in which they can serve and be useful to him.