True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.

For one day spent well, and agreeably to your precepts, is preferable to an eternity of error.

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.

Religion is the pious worship of God.

There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.