Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

No sober person dances.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.