The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

The largest part of goodness is the will to become good.

Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.

I don’t mind citing a bad author if the line is good.

Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.