Everything is but what we think it.

No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such

Embellish the soul with simplicity, with prudence, and everything which is neither virtuous nor vicious. Love all men. Walk according to God; for, as a poet hath said, his laws govern all.

What we do now echoes in eternity.

Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a word, your life is short. You must make the most of the present with the aid of reason and justice. Since it is possible that you may be quitting life this very moment, govern every act and thought accordingly.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time-even when hard at work.