High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

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

Of all faults the greatest is the excess of impious terror, dishonoring divine grace. He who despairs wants love, wants faith; for faith, hope, and love are three torches which blend their light together, nor does the one shine without the other.

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.

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

Though the Indian ocean abounds in rich and rare gems, it does not boast a clearer sky nor more unruffled sea. If there be a shore that dreads not the fury of the faithless billows, it is some poor and narrow inlet unknown to the winds.

It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.