He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.

The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing.

A good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine.

Discard everything except these few truths: we can live only in the present moment, in this brief now; all the rest of our life is dead and buried or shrouded in uncertainty. Short is the life we lead, and small our patch of earth.

Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of your own nature, without expecting to be paid for it?

Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.

Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.