I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.

Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.

If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.

The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.

Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.

Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.

The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.