Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.

If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.

Government exists only for the good of the governed.

There is no word or action but has its echo in Eternity.

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.

Truth is to be sought with a mind purified from the passions of the body. Having overcome evil things, thou shalt experience the union of the union mortal divinity with the mortal man.

most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth or power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.