Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease.

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.

It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.

It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.