It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
A good mind is a lord of a kingdom.
Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.
He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.