It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly gratifying.
The poor lack much, the greedy everything.
There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.
To have the universe bear one company would be a great consolation in death.
Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.