It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

It is the duty of men to love even those who injure them.

The ruling power within, when it is in its natural state, is so related to outer circumstances that it easily changes to accord with what can be done and what is given it to do.

Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason. For such a purpose frees a man from trouble, and warfare, and all artifice and ostentatious display.

Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to the dust.

Remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment.