If you wish to behold God, you may see Him in every object around; search in your breast, and you will find Him there. And if you do not yet perceive where He dwells, confute me, if you can, and say where He is not.

The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.

Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.

We are like vessels tossed on the bosom of the deep; our passions are the winds that sweep us impetuously forward; each pleasure is a rock; the whole life is a wide ocean. Reason is the pilot to guide us, but often allows itself to be led astray by the storms of pride.

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.