Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.
To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.
The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves.
Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life.
Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.
You have to be like the pebble in the stream, keeping the grain and rolling along without being dissolved or dissolving anything else.