Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!