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

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

Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempests are the school of the sailorboy.

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

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.

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.

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