Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion.

Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just.

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

While our pulse beats and we feel emotion, let us put off the business. Things will truly seem different to us when we have quieted and cooled down. It is passion that is in command at first, it is passion that speaks, it is not we ourselves.

The religion of my doctor or my lawyer cannot matter. That consideration has nothing in common with the functions of the friendship they owe me.