Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
Modesty forbids what the law does not.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.