Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
He who fears from near at hand often fears less.
The soul has this proof of divinity: that divine things delight it.
Forgive that you may be forgiven.