Heaven often protects valuable souls charged with great secrets, great ideas, by long shutting them up with their own thoughts.

The course of everything goes to teach us faith.

Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.

In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are quite superficial.

Therefore all just persons are satisfied with their own praise. They refuse to explain themselves, and are content that new actions should do them that office. They believe that we communicate without speech, and above speech, and that no right action of ours is quite unaffecting to our friends, at whatever distance; for the influence of action is not to be measured by miles.

That man is idle who can do something better.

If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach.