Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
Liberty is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
If wisdom was to cease throughout the world, no one would suspect himself of ignorance.
The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.