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

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.

It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes it is an alleviation to mortals who are worn out with sufferings.

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.

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