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.

If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be the objects of pity?

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

How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons

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

High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.